Twelve people were rescued and 10 are feared trapped after a four-storey building collapsed in Mumbai, a fire brigade official said on Tuesday. A wing of a residential building located in Kurla’s Nayak Nagar Society collapsed around midnight, with the official warning that the attached fan could also collapse.
Maharashtra minister Aaditya Thackeray visited on Monday night of mumbai Kurla where a four-storey building collapsed and said that such property should be vacated on the notice of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC). A four-storey building collapsed in Mumbai’s Kurla late on Monday night. The incident is of Naik Nagar area.
“whenever BMC issues notice, (buildings) themselves should be vacated..otherwise, such incidents happen, which is unfortunate..It is important to act on it now,” Thackeray said
Meanwhile, the injured were shifted to the civil hospitals at Ghatkopar and Sion and the search operation is on to find more survivors, the fire official said. The local people told fire brigade personnel that when they reached the spot after getting information about the incident, around 20-22 people were buried under the debris, the official said. About a dozen fire tenders have been deployed at the site, apart from two rescue vans and other fire equipment, the official said.
The Maharashtra minister had said, “Notices were issued to all the 4 buildings, but people continue to live there. Our priority is to save everyone… In the morning we will investigate the evacuation and demolition of these buildings so that the surroundings can be saved.” People nearby come.” Not worried.” Fire brigade and police team reached the spot to rescue the people trapped under the debris.
Councilor Praveen Morajkar told media persons here, “A four-storey building collapsed in Naik Nagar. Rescue operations are on by the fire brigade team and police reached the spot.” According to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), seven people have been rescued from under the rubble and are now in a stable condition. At that time the councilor had said, “The condition of seven people rescued from under the rubble is stable. 20 to 25 people are likely to be buried under the rubble. The rescue operation is still on.”
(with inputs from agencies)