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3 killed as 4-storey building collapses in Bhiwandi

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Last updated on: November 24, 2017 19:33 IST
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At least three people, including two women, were on Friday killed and nine others injured after a four-storey residential building collapsed in Bhiwandi town of Thane district, officials said.

IMAGE: National Disaster Response Force teams have started rescue and relief operation along with fire-brigade personnel from Bhiwandi, Thane, Navi Mumbai and Kalyan civic bodies.
Photograph: Sahil Salvi/Rediff.com

The 'Tahir Biznor' building, situated in Navi Basti area, was unauthorised, a district official said.

 

The building collapsed around 9 am this morning, Regional Disaster Management Cell chief Santosh Kadam said.

The deceased were identified as Ruksar Yakub Khan (18), Asfaque Mustaque Khan (38) and Jaibunissa Rafique Ansari (61).

IMAGE: Rescue work is underway. Photograph: PTI Photo 

The nine injured, including a six-year-old boy, have been admitted to the state-run Indira Gandhi Memorial Hospital and the civic hospital here, District Disaster Management Control officer Asmita Nikam said.

The National Disaster Response Force teams were rushed to the spot, along with fire-brigade teams from Bhiwandi, Thane, Navi Mumbai and Kalyan civic bodies.

Bhiwandi Tehsildar Shashikant Gaikwad, who was supervising the rescue operations, told PTI that the building, over 10 years old, was not in the list of dangerous buildings.

IMAGE: A rescue workers with his sniffer dog search for survivors. Photograph: PTI Photo 

At least eight families lived in it, the officials said.

The officials said the possibility of some more people being trapped under the debris can not be ruled out yet.

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