Mumbai rains: 7 dead, 25 feared trapped as 5-storey building collapses
This is the first major building collapse after Tuesday's Mumbai deluge Seven persons were killed, 15 others injured, while around 25 people are feared trapped after a five-storey residential building collapsed in Bhendi Bazaar area of south Mumbai on Thursday. The building, located at Pakmodia street near the J J Hospital, with 12 rooms and six godowns on the ground floor, crumbled at around 8:30 am. According to fire brigade sources present at the spot, "There were around nine families staying in the building. Thirty people are feared trapped". Also Read : Last day to link PAN-Aadhaar? Decision on extending deadline today The disaster management cell of the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM) received a call about the collapse at 8.40 am. "We immediately rushed fire brigade personnel to the site to rescue the trapped people," a senior MCGM official said. A senior police official said seven persons, including an elderly couple,...