New Delhi (CNN) At least 11 people were killed in a lightning strike at a popular tourist spot in the city of Jaipur, in India's northern state of Rajasthan, on Sunday evening. Lightning hit Amer Fort on the outskirts of the city, according to Shankar Lal Saini, a senior disaster management official in Jaipur. When the lightning struck, the tower's wall collapsed, many people were buried under it. The incident happened at 6.30 p.m. on Sunday and police and civil defense force officials carried out rescue operations until 7 a.m. on Monday, according to Saini. The victims were declared dead on arrival at the city's Sawai Man Singh Hospital.

Source: CNN July 12, 2021 09:00 UTC