Thane, Aug 1:
At least 10 people were killed and three others injured after a four-storey residential building, tagged as ‘dangerous’ in 2020 by the local civic body and currently undergoing repairs illegally, collapsed in Bhiwandi town of Maharashtra’s Thane district, officials said on Friday.
Hectic efforts were on to rescue three other residents believed to be still trapped under the rubble, several hours after the collapse, they said.
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A portion of the Kohinoor Building in the Balaji Nagar area of the powerloom town, around 50km from Mumbai, came crashing down at 11.20 pm on Thursday.
Rescue workers from the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), Thane Disaster Response Force (TDRF), and the municipal fire brigade pulled out ten bodies as heavy machinery and sniffer dogs were deployed to look for survivors under the debris of the four-storey structure, said the officials of the district disaster management cell.
The structure comprised 48 rooms, 12 on each floor. Around 9 pm on Thursday, residents heard “loud cracking sounds” emanating from the building, an official said.