LIVE Updates of Bhiwandi Building Collapse: At least 10 people were killed and several were feared trapped after a 3-story building collapsed today in Maharashtra’s Bhiwandi. The incident occurred around 3:40 am. The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), fire department and police teams are conducting rescue efforts. According to initial information, officials from the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) said 20 people have been rescued by locals and at least 20-25 people are feared to be trapped. An NDRF team rescued a boy from under the rubble at the site of the building collapse.
“The death toll has risen to eight in the incident of the Bhiwandi building collapse. Five more people have been rescued,” Thane Municipal Corporation spokesman said according to the ANI news agency. News18 has learned that a notice was issued to repair the 30-year-old building and city authorities had called for the building to be vacated.
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So far, five people, including a child, have been rescued after the building collapsed early Monday, police told the PTI news agency, adding that search operations are underway. Thane Disaster Response Force (TDRF) personnel were seen pulling a child out of the rubble and giving her water. Bhiwandi is a motorized loom town about 10 km from Thane.
Death toll rises to 10 in Bhiwadi building collapse | The death toll has risen to 10 in the incident of a building collapse in Bhiwandi, Thane, which took place today, the ANI news agency reported. The rescue efforts of the NDRF (National Disaster Response Force) are still underway. (Photo: ANI)
Two–flats building collapses in Delhi |A two-story building collapsed in Old Delhi’s Sitaram Bazar on Monday. Rescue teams have arrived at the scene. The collapsed building was under construction.
Earlier this month, the back of an eight-story residential building collapsed in the Dongri area of Mumbai. Meanwhile, a four-story building collapsed in the Achole area of Palghar on September 1. In a similar incident on August 27, a septuagenarian woman and a 12-year-old girl died after part of a three-story building collapsed in the Nagpada area. from South Mumbai.
Rescue operations underway | Rescue operations by the NDRF (National Disaster Response Force) are currently underway at the site of a building collapse in Bhiwandi, Thane.
#CLOCK Maharashtra: NDRF (National Disaster Response Force) rescue operation underway at the site of a building collapse in Bhiwandi, Thane.
Eight people have lost their lives in the incident that took place today. pic.twitter.com/dFvXwhHPH3
– ANI (@ANI) September 21, 2020
Notice issued to repair the building: Bhiwandi Municipal Commissioner | Bhiwandi Municipal Commissioner Dr. Pankaj Asiya told News 18 that eight people were killed and 11 injured in the building collapse. The preliminary cause of the collapse is not yet known, he said. He added that the now collapsed building is 30 years old and a notice was issued to repair it. Municipal authorities had asked for the building to be cleared.
Baby rescued from under rubble | An NDRF team rescued a child from under the rubble at the site of a building collapse in Bhiwandi, Thane. The incident occurred in the Patel Compound area. Rescue efforts are underway to rescue all those trapped.
More than 20 people rescued |The incident occurred in the Patel Compound area in Thane de Bhiwandi. Rescue operations are underway to rescue all those trapped. According to initial information, officials from the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) said 20 people have been rescued by locals and at least 20-25 people are feared to be trapped.
#TO UPDATE: 20 people have been rescued by locals. At least 20-25 people are feared to be trapped, according to initial information: NDRF #Maharashtra https://t.co/9juGy51cNW pic.twitter.com/kIAURWPdpt
– ANI (@ANI) September 21, 2020
8 dead and more than 20 trapped in collapse of a three-story building in Bhiwandi, Maharashtra | At least eight people were killed and several more are feared trapped after a three-story building collapsed in Bhiwandi, Maharashtra, on Monday, the ANI news agency reported, citing Thane Municipal Corporation spokesman.
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