According to local reports, an early-floor building collapsed within the limits of Mumbai, in which residents slept inside, killing at least eight people.
The head of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), Satya Pradhan, reported that another 20 to 25 people were trapped inside the building in Bhiwandi. On monday.
More than 40 emergency workers arrived at the scene, an official told the AFP news agency, including a team of 30 rescuers from the NDRF.
In Bhiwandi city, about 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Mumbai, the accident happened at 3:40 a.m. local time (Sunday 22:10 GMT), local officials said.
Images posted on the NDRF’s official Twitter page showed emergency workers combing through concrete and brick debris with electrical wires hanging over its head.
Rescuers on television showed trash cans on the stairs, which are still inside and could set up dogs to search for survivors.
Video: The building was broken into early Monday, police said, adding that search and rescue operations are underway# BhiwandiBuildingCopplace pic.twitter.com/QO7qfZ4jai
– TOI Mumbai (IMTOIMumbai) September 21, 2020
A Reuters partner in India, ANIA, quoted a Bhiwandi Municipal Corporation spokesperson as saying that eight people had died.
The building was on the list of dangerous buildings and a notice was issued to vacate it, Times India F India quoted Bhiwandi-Nizampura City Municipal Corporation Commissioner Pankaj Asia as saying.
Last month, at least 13 people were killed when a five-storey building collapsed in the industrial city of Mahad, about 155 kilometers (100 miles) south of Mumbai.
In 2017, data from the National Crime Records Bureau showed that more than 1,200 people were killed in building collapses across the country.
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