At least 12 labourers including five women were killed and nine others were injured after a portion of a godown here collapsed following a huge explosion on Wednesday morning, officials said.
The godown, located on Pirana-Piplaj road, stored drums of chemicals, they said.
During a nine-hour-long search and rescue operation, which ended around 8:30 p.m., the city fire brigade pulled out 12 bodies and rescued nine persons from the rubble.
The injured were taken to the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation-run LG Hospital.
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