What happened here
1 / 3 A man pulling down an old mud-brick room behind his house in Babu Nagla village in the Bhamora police area of Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, was buried when the wall on the other side fell on him on the morning of Friday 13 November 2026. He was taken to a private hospital and declared dead. Amar Ujala and Dainik Bhaskar give his age as 30 and call him the house owner; Hindustan gives 26 and says he cleaned Delhi Metro trains for a contractor. He leaves a wife and three children.
Quick answers
What happened in Babu Nagla?
On the morning of Friday 13 November 2026 a man pulling down an old mud-brick room behind his house in the Bhamora area of Bareilly was buried when the wall on the other side fell on him. He died at a private hospital.
How old was he?
Amar Ujala and Dainik Bhaskar say 30; Hindustan says 26.
Was it his own house?
Amar Ujala and Dainik Bhaskar say he was the house owner and was pulling down an old room behind it.
Was anyone else hurt?
No other injury is reported.
What should I do if a wall falls on someone?
Call 112 and 108, dig carefully from the edge by hand and keep others back.
How can I pull down an old wall safely?
Ask a mason to look at it first, pull from the top, stay outside the fall zone and never work alone.
What happened
The Bareilly wall collapse happened on the morning of Friday 13 November 2026 in Babu Nagla village in the Bhamora police area, Aonla tehsil, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh. A man was pulling down an old mud-brick room, a kachchi kothri, behind his house when the wall on the other side suddenly fell on him. Amar Ujala, Dainik Bhaskar and Hindustan report that his family took him to a private hospital in Bareilly, where doctors declared him dead.
Amar Ujala and Dainik Bhaskar call him the house owner and give his age as 30; Hindustan gives 26 and says he cleaned Delhi Metro trains for a contractor and had come home for Diwali. The reports agree he left a wife and three children. No report says whether anyone else was nearby or whether the demolition had been planned for the day.
This page names no one. It sets out what is reported, where the reports differ and what a mud-brick wall teaches about pulling down old structures by hand.
What the reports say
- When: The morning of Friday 13 November 2026 (Amar Ujala; Dainik Bhaskar; Hindustan)
- Where: Babu Nagla village, Bhamora police area, Aonla tehsil, Bareilly district, Uttar Pradesh (Amar Ujala; Dainik Bhaskar)
- What happened: A man was pulling down an old mud-brick room behind his house with a shovel when the wall on the other side fell and buried him (Amar Ujala; Dainik Bhaskar; Hindustan)
- Deaths: One: the man, declared dead at a private hospital in Bareilly (Amar Ujala; Dainik Bhaskar)
- Injured: None other reported
- The family: He leaves a wife and three children: reports give two sons and a daughter, or a son and two daughters (Amar Ujala; Hindustan)
- His age and job: Amar Ujala and Dainik Bhaskar say 30 and the house owner; Hindustan says 26 and a cleaner in Delhi Metro trains through a contractor who had come home for Diwali
- The wall: It was an old, dilapidated mud wall; Hindustan says the room was one of the damaged parts of the old house
- Police: No report quotes a police statement
- Identities: The reports name the man and his father; we name no one
Where reports differ and what we do not know
- His age: Amar Ujala and Dainik Bhaskar say 30; Hindustan says 26. We say a man in his late twenties or thirty.
- His job: Amar Ujala calls him the house owner; Hindustan says he worked as a cleaner on Delhi Metro trains through a contractor and was home for Diwali. Both can be true. We say he was pulling down his own old room.
- His children: Two sons and a daughter in Amar Ujala; a son and two daughters in Hindustan. We say three children.
- How the wall fell: Amar Ujala and Dainik Bhaskar say the wall on the opposite side collapsed as he demolished the room; Hindustan says the fall happened as the wall was being pulled down with a shovel. We say the other wall fell on him.
What this collapse teaches
An old mud-brick wall has no steel, little mortar and a lot of weight. When one wall of a room is pulled down by hand, the walls beside it lose support and can fall without warning, and the person pulling is usually standing at the foot of the one that falls. The reports say he was pulling the room down with a shovel and that the wall on the other side fell on him. They do not say whether he was alone, whether the walls had been checked or whether anyone had advised a different method. These are early local reports, not a finding.
We have covered similar collapses, among them the Varanasi house collapse at Rohania, the Unnao basement slab collapse and the Harsh Vihar house collapse in Delhi. Our guide to structural review and alterations before renting explains what to ask about a building, and our guide to road accident first aid covers what to do while waiting for an ambulance.
We do not know whether anyone checked the walls before the demolition. We will update this page if a police or official finding is published.
- A man starts pulling down an old mud-brick room behind his house with a shovel (Amar Ujala; Hindustan)
- The wall on the other side falls and buries him; neighbours dig him out (Amar Ujala; Dainik Bhaskar)
- His family takes him to a private hospital in Bareilly, where doctors declare him dead (Amar Ujala; Dainik Bhaskar)
- Villagers gather at the mortuary and describe how it happened; Hindustan and Newstrack report the death (Amar Ujala; Hindustan)
- Dainik Bhaskar and Amar Ujala carry follow-up reports on the family (Dainik Bhaskar; Amar Ujala)
Why consequences escalated
- A man pulling down an old mud-brick room behind his house in Babu Nagla, Bareilly, died on 13 November 2026 when the opposite wall fell on him.
- He was taken to a private hospital and declared dead.
- He leaves a wife and three children.
- The reports differ on his age, his job and the number of sons.
- No report says whether anyone checked the walls or helped him.
Failures and risk multipliers
- No finding has been published. The reports leave these questions open:
- Whether the walls were checked before he started and whether he was alone.
- Why the wall on the opposite side fell.
- Whether a safer way, such as help from a mason or propping the walls, was available.
- Whether the family has received any help.
- These are open questions, not findings of fault.
Actions that reduce risk
- Households: have a local mason look at old mud or brick walls before pulling them down, and never work alone.
- Whoever demolishes: pull from the top down, keep away from the foot of the wall and stay outside the fall zone.
- Neighbours: keep children and animals away and call for help at once if a wall falls.
- Authorities: share simple demolition safety advice with village panchayats and masons.
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