The Suva Rural Authority is now trying to establish if squatter settlements in Khalsa Road fall under their jurisdiction.

The Authority is trying to gather more information in relation to the incident yesterday afternoon where a corrugated iron and timber house collapsed in Khalsa Road.

Senior health inspector Simione Radakua said he has sent officers to the site and will get a report later today.

The Nasinu Town Council confirmed earlier they are not in a position to comment on the matter as it falls under Suva Rural Authority.

The home was situated in a squatter settlement and erected on a slope and fortunately, the home owner,and her four children managed to escape unharmed before it collapsed.

One of the occupants of the house told Fijivillage they thought it was an earthquake and fled from the house.

The home owner claimed that they are paying a monthly fee to the landowners in the area after being given permission to build the house at the location adding the home was built for them by a construction company with money donated to them.