The Mumbai Fire Brigade rushed a team there and pulled out two persons from the debris (Image: X/ANI)
The Mumbai Fire Brigade rushed a team there and pulled out two persons from the debris
At least two women were killed after the wall of a three-storey house collapsed in a slum at Wadala of Antop Hill in Mumbai on Friday. The incident took place in Punjab Galli of Vijay Nagar slums at around 9:30 pm, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) Disaster Control said.
“A wall portion of the second and third floor of the ground plus upper three-floor hutment partially collapsed. Some of it is hanging precariously,” an official said.
The Mumbai Fire Brigade rushed a team there and pulled out two persons from the debris.
“Two women, identified as Shobadevi Mourya (45) and Zakirunissa Shaikh (50), were rushed to Sion Hospital where doctors declared them dead on arrival,” the official said.
The work of clearing the rubble is underway and there are no details of any more victims in the tragedy.
Heavy rain lashed parts of Mumbai on Friday as Monsoon arrived earlier than predicted in Maharastra.
(With inputs from agencies)
