At least 10 people were killed and several injured after a decades-old three-storey residential building collapsed in Maharashtra’s Bhiwandi early on Monday even as 19 people were rescued from the rubble.
A four-year-old boy was pulled alive by the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), which is carrying out rescue efforts. Officials of NDRF said 29 people were pulled out from the debris and that 10 among them were dead and 19 alive.
Before this, 20 people were rescued by locals after the building collapsed in the Patel Compound area of the city. The injured have been rushed to the hospital for treatment.
The 43-year-old Jhilani Building collapsed at around 3:40am on Monday. It had 40 flats and housed around 150 people.
The teams were using a canine squad to search persons trapped in the debris, PTI reported NDRF director general SN Pradhan as saying.
A team of fire brigade and police are also working at the spot.
As a precautionary measure, power supply to the area has been snapped, PTI reported quoting an official.
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Source: hindustantimes
