CHANDIGARH, India, May 18 (Reuters) - A house collapse triggered by a storm in northern India killed 13 labourers and injured over a dozen on Sunday, officials said.

At least 13 labourers were buried under piles of rubble in Gurgaon, near India's capital, New Delhi, after portions of a house they were constructing collapsed on them, police said.

Police said the collapse was triggered by a midnight storm that lashed Haryana state.

"The victims lived in huts adjacent to a construction site," said Srikrishan Murari, a senior police officer.

Around 16 injured labourers were being treated in a hospital, he added. (Reporting by Geetinder Garewal; Editing by Bappa Majumdar)

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