Bengaluru | Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah visited the site of the Bengaluru hospital wall collapse, which claimed the lives of seven people on Wednesday and ordered an enquiry into the mishap.

The chief minister also announced Rs 5 lakh solatium to the kin of each of the deceased in the incident.

Seven people, including two children, were killed and seven others injured when the compound wall of a hospital collapsed here on Wednesday, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah confirmed.

The injured people are out of danger, he added.

The incident occurred in the Bowring and Lady Curzon Hospital.

When the heavy rains, coupled with strong winds and hailstorms, battered the area, the seven victims were taking shelter near the wall, which suddenly came down crashing, he further said. All seven people were killed on the spot.

Police and emergency services personnel rushed to the spot with an earthmover to bring out the bodies and the injured from the debris with the help of other citizens.