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9 killed, 10 injured in Thane building collapse

THANE (Maharashtra):At least nine persons were killed and 10 others injured after a four-storey building housing 20 families collapsed in Thakurli in the district.

9 killed, 10 injured in Thane building collapse

Fire brigade and NDRF personnel rescue a person buried under debris after a four-storey building housing 20 families collapsed in Thakurli, near Thane, on Wednesday. — PTI



Thane (Maharashtra), July 29

At least nine persons were killed and 10 others injured after a four-storey building housing 20 families collapsed in Thakurli in the district.

The building ‘Matruchaya’, built 35 years ago, collapsed last night at Cholve village, following which rescue operations were launched by the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), fire brigade officials and civic authorities said today.

Kalyan Tesildar Kiran Surwase said that till now nine bodies have been pulled out of the rubble.

Rescue operations have been hampered due to continuous rains, District Disaster Management Control Room in-charge Jaideep Visave told PTI.

At the time of collapse, 20 families were inside the building.

Santosh Kadam of Regional Disaster Management Cell (RDMC) said that some more occupants could be still trapped beneath the debris.

The injured have been admitted to a local hospital in Dombivili, Visave added.

District Guardian Minister Ekanth Shinde, Kalyan MP Srikanth Shinde, Collector Ashwini Joshi and other top officials are monitoring the rescue and relief work. PTI COR NRB

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