An old&nbsp;tea&nbsp;warehouse&nbsp;collapsed in&nbsp;Sri&nbsp;Lanka&#39;s&nbsp;capital&nbsp;killing at least&nbsp;seven people on Wednesday, hospital sources said, with some people feared trapped in the rubble.

Police said at least 12 people were inside the building, near the R. Premadasa cricket ground, at the time of the&nbsp;collapse.

Pushpa Soysa, the head nurse at the National Hospital of&nbsp;Sri&nbsp;Lanka, said&nbsp;seven&nbsp;bodies were brought to the hospital.

Police, soldiers and firefighters were searching for those believed trapped, television pictures showed.

The reason for the&nbsp;collapse&nbsp;was not immediately clear.

Military personnel were rushed to the private company in the commercial quarter of Grandpass to search for those crushed inside.

An old tea warehouse collapsed in Sri Lanka's capital killing at least seven people on Wednesday, hospital sources said, with some people feared trapped in the rubble. Police said at least 12 people were inside the building, near the R. Premadasa cricket ground, at the time of the collapse. Pushpa Soysa, the head nurse at the National Hospital of Sri Lanka, said seven bodies were brought to the hospital. Police, soldiers and firefighters were searching for those believed trapped, television pictures showed. The reason for the collapse was not immediately clear.

Tea warehouse collapse kills seven in Sri Lanka capital

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