3rd LD Writethru: Death toll in India's roof collapse rises to 23


NEW DELHI, Jan. 3 (Xinhua) -- The death toll in a roof collapse at a crematorium in India's northern state of Uttar Pradesh on Sunday rose to 23, and nearly 20 others were injured, some of them seriously, local police confirmed with Xinhua over the phone.

The accident took place when the roof of a recently constructed structure collapsed at a crematorium in the state's Muradnagar area of Ghaziabad district, near Delhi.

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