The bodies of two employees of a private contractor agency were extricated on Wednesday from the debris of a 100-year-old building in Midnapore town, a part of which collapsed during heavy showers on Tuesday.

A team of 25 workers were evacuating materials from the district land and land reforms department office, housed in a derelict building slated for demolition, when the mishap occurred around 3pm on Tuesday.

The deceased were identified as Subhadeep Pramanik, 23, and Ram Soren, 50, from West Midnapore’s Gharbeta.

Subhadeep, an ITI graduate, had been supervising the work when a part of the structure came crashing down, said his brother Utpal.

A 15-member National Disaster Response Force team from Ghatal recovered the bodies, said an official. Two critically injured workers were rescued on Tuesday 9pm, and hospitalised.

Midnapore SDO Dina Narayan Ghosh assured “adequate compensation” to the deceased’s kin”.

In Panskura on Tuesday night, Manisha Bibi, 30, and her infant son were killed when the mud wall of their home collapsed on them.