A four-storey building collapsed in Mumbai’s Kurla at 11.30 pm on Monday night, leaving a 30-year-old man dead and 11 others injured, officials said.
As per the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), 12 people have been rescued from the debris and taken to hospitals in the area. The man, among those brought to Rajawadi hospital at Ghatkopar, was declared dead on arrival, they said.
#WATCH Four-storey building collapse in Kurla, Mumbai | 1 more rescued alive. Rescue operation on. No confirmation on how many people still trapped: Ashish Kumar, NDRF Deputy Commandant
— ANI (@ANI) June 28, 2022
Total 8 people rescued so far, as per BMC pic.twitter.com/5X1WIPHTiT
NDRF Dy Commandant Ashish Kumar said that there is no confirmation on the number of people still trapped, however, as per BMC’s last night data, there could be 20-25 people still under the debris.
Officials from the fire brigade said that they sent seven fire trucks, two rescue vans and ambulances. The fire brigad said that there could nearly 20 people trapped inside.
Corporator Pravina Morajkar said, “This is a colony of four dilapidated buildings and they were given notices to vacate five to six years back. Yet, the residents continued to stay. On Monday night, one building collapsed. But five to six people were removed from the debris before the fire brigade came. These are being treated and sent to hospitals for injuries.”
Morajkar said that the tenants of the remaining three buildings will be shifted by BMC on Tuesday morning. The BMC had given ample warnings to tenants to vacate the buildings, she said.
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