Archive · 6 Aug 2026
Rain-triggered house and wall collapses kill nine across Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh in India got very heavy rain.
The rain made old, weak houses and walls fall down.
In a town called Pratapgarh, a nearly 100-year-old house collapsed in the middle of the night.
A family of seven people was sleeping inside, and one man named Aman crawled out of the rubble and called for help.
Sadly, six members of his family, including two little babies, died.
In another village called Aliyabad, a brick wall fell on children who were playing, and two of them died.
In a third place, a mud house fell on a woman, and she also died.
Altogether, nine people died because of the rain.
Police and firefighters rescued people who were trapped.
The Chief Minister of the state asked officials to make sure the affected families get help.
Nine people died in rain-related house and wall collapses across Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday night and early Thursday, August 6, 2026.
In Pratapgarh's Mahuli Bazaar, six members of one family, including two infants, were killed when a nearly century-old house collapsed around 2 am.
In Barabanki's Aliyabad village, siblings Huzaifa (7) and Hajra Bano (14) died and three other children were injured when an old brick wall collapsed while they played.
In Saharanpur's Ghaghreki village, a 35-year-old woman died after a mud house collapsed around 11:30 pm on Wednesday night.
Aman (28) was the only survivor of the Pratapgarh collapse; police and fire service personnel carried out rescues, and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath ordered relief measures.
- Who
- Six members of Pramod Srivastava's family in Pratapgarh, including two infants, siblings Huzaifa (7) and Hajra Bano (14) in Barabanki, and a 35-year-old woman in Saharanpur died; Aman (28) survived the Pratapgarh collapse.
- What
- Heavy rain triggered the collapse of old houses and a brick wall, killing nine people in three separate incidents across Uttar Pradesh.
- When
- Wednesday night, August 5, 2026, through Thursday morning, August 6, 2026.
- Where
- Mahuli Bazaar in Pratapgarh district, Aliyabad village in Barabanki district, and Ghaghreki village in Saharanpur district, Uttar Pradesh, India.
- Why
- Continuous heavy rain weakened old, dilapidated houses and walls, causing them to collapse.
- Total deaths
- Nine people in rain-related house and wall collapses across Uttar Pradesh
- Pratapgarh incident
- Six family members killed when a nearly century-old house collapsed in Mahuli Bazaar around 2 am on August 6, 2026
- Pratapgarh victims
- Pramod Srivastava (60), Rita (55), Nitin (25), Madhuri (24), Aman's wife, Madhav (2) and Advik (10 months); seven names listed while police reported six deaths
- Pratapgarh survivor
- Aman (28), who crawled out of the rubble and raised the alarm
- Barabanki incident
- Wall collapse in Aliyabad village killed Huzaifa (7) and Hajra Bano (14); Hassan (8), Hania (4) and Adnan (14) injured
- Saharanpur incident
- Mud house collapse in Ghaghreki village killed a 35-year-old woman around 11:30 pm on Wednesday
- Official response
- Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath ordered relief and rescue oversight; Barabanki inquiry initiated with strict action if negligence is found
- Post-mortem
- Bodies sent for post-mortem examination in all three incidents
