Mumbai: Twelve persons were rescued and 10 were feared trapped after a four storey building collapsed in Mumbai, a fire brigade official said on Tuesday.
A wing of the residential building, located in Kurla's Naik Nagar Society, collapsed around midnight, the official said, adding the connected wing was likely to collapse.
The injured were shifted to civic hospitals in Ghatkopar and Sion and a search operation is underway to look for more survivors, he said.
One person died in the four-storey building collapse in Kurla, Mumbai. A total of 8 people have been rescued so far, said NDRF officials
Locals informed the fire brigade personnel that around 20-22 people were trapped under the debris, when they reached the spot after receiving a call about the incident, the official said.
Around a dozen fire engines were deployed at the spot besides two rescue vans and other fire brigade equipment, the official said.
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