Rescue workers use excavators to scour the debris for survivors at the site of a collapsed residential building in Mumbra, in Thane district, on the outskirts of Mumbai, yesterday.
Thane, Maharashtra: Ten people, including six children, were killed when a building collapsed here yesterday, a police official said.
The accident occurred around 2am, when the 35-year-old Shakuntala building suddenly came crashing down, catching sleeping occupants unaware, Inspector N D Chavan of Thane police said.
At least 23 people were rescued, Chavan said.
The dead children are Mahek Punjabi (two months old), Hamja Shaikh (four months), Hasina Maqdoom Shaikh (3), Taslima Karim Shaikh (3), Shabbir Karim Shaikh (6) and Rohan Farooqui (7). The adults who died are Aliya Maqdoom Shaikh (22), Farid karim Shaikh (28), Karim Abdul Shaikh and Maqdoom Shaikh (both 32).
Chavan said that by evening, most victims had been rescued. There are no more victims feared trapped under the debris, he said.
District officials, including Mayor Harishchandra Patil, acting Municipal Commissioner Shyamsunder Patil, Thane District Collector P Velrasu, Police Commissioner K P Raghuvanshi and others supervised the relief and rescue operations.
IANS
