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Residents fell asleep inside a three-storey building on the outskirts of Mumbai early in the morning, killing at least 10 people, local sources said.
Another 20 to 25 people are said to be trapped in the building in Bhiwandi – About 40 km (25 miles) from Mumbai – The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) said on Monday that rescue troops were working to find and release them.
An official told AFP news agency that there were more than 40 emergency personnel at the site of the building collapse, including a team of 30 rescued from the NDRF. NDRF tweeted that at least two people had been rescued.
The accident happened around 3:40 a.m. local time (Sunday 22:10 GMT) in Bhiwandi, local officials said.
Pictures shared on NDRF’s official Twitter page showed emergency workers hanging electric wires over their heads through concrete and brick rubble.
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Rescue workers climbed the ladder and showed television ruins to reach anyone inside and stop the dogs from searching for survivors.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed his condolences on Twitter. “Pray for the speedy recovery of the injured. Rescue operations are underway and all assistance is being provided to the victims,” he wrote.
The building was on the list of dangerous buildings and the Times of India reported that it had been declared vacant.
Last month, 13 people were killed when a five-storey building collapsed in Mahat, an industrial city 165 km (100 miles) south of Mumbai.
In 2017, data from the National Crime Records showed that more than 1,200 people were killed in building collapses across the country.
Source:
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