New Delhi: At least eight people were injured and around 20-25 people are trapped when a four-storey building collapsed in Mumbai’s Kurla on Monday (June 27, 2022) night. The incident took place in Naik Nagar area and currently the fire brigade and police teams are engaged in the rescue work.
An official said that the fan of the building is feared to have collapsed.
The injured have been shifted to the nearby Rajawadi Hospital and the search operation is on to find more survivors.
Four storey building collapsed in Kurla, Mumbai. 1 more was saved alive. Rescue operation on. NDRF Deputy Commandant Ashish Kumar says that how many people are still trapped, it is not confirmed
As per BMC’s last night data, 7 people were rescued with 20-25 people likely to be trapped in the rubble pic.twitter.com/uLfj84wiOd— ANI (@ANI) June 28, 2022
Meanwhile, Maharashtra minister Aaditya Thackeray visited the spot and said that such property should be vacated on the notice of BMC.
Thackeray told news agency ANI, “Whenever BMC issues notices, (buildings) themselves should be vacated… otherwise, such incidents happen, which is unfortunate… Now it is important to act on this, Thackeray told news agency ANI.
He said, “Notices were issued to all the four buildings, but people are living there. Our priority is to save everyone… In the morning we will focus on vacating and demolishing these buildings so that the people around us can be saved,” he said. Don’t be troubled.”
More details are awaited.