Dongri building collapse: At least twelve people were killed as a four-storey building has collapsed in Dongri area in Mumbai on Tuesday. According to BMC Disaster Management Cell, the building was situated in Dongri’s Tandel street.
Rescue teams including fire tenders and National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) have rushed to the accident site.
The accident site is located inside a narrow lane causing difficulty for the rescue teams. Television images showed rescue teams removing debris by bare hand. Ambulances have been parked at some distance away from the actual collapse site as the lanes are too narrow for them to enter.
Mumbai: Kesarbai building has collapsed at Tandel street, in Dongri. More than 40 people are feared trapped. pic.twitter.com/H2eVbtgaH6
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Local residents have formed a human chain to help the rescue teams in removing debris as it difficult for big machines to reach the spot. The area was flooded recently when Mumbai witnessed heavy rains. As per media reports, the building which came down crashing today was not included in the list of dangerous ones maintained by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC).
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Mumbai Police have requested to citizens to stay away from the incident spot to facilitate effective rescue operations by authorities. "A green corridor has been provided for all emergency services and rescue operations," it said.
In an unfortunate incident, a G+4 Building collapsed in Dongri. Humble request to citizens to stay away from the incident spot to facilitate effective rescue operations by authorities. A green corridor has been provided for all emergency services and rescue operations.
Three teams of NDRF are engaged in rescue operations, the pathway to the collapsed building is very narrow and the vehicles with rescue equipment are unable to reach there, the team is carrying equipment on foot: NDRF DG S N Pradhan.
Death toll rises to three in the building collapse in Dongri. Eight people have been injured in the incident. (ANI)
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Dongri Building Collapse: NDRF personnel rescued a woman from the debris of the building that collapsed in Dongri. Two people have died and seven people have been injured in the incident.
#WATCH Mumbai: A woman being rescued by NDRF personnel from the debris of the building that collapsed in Dongri, today. 2 people have died & 7 people have been injured in the incident. #Maharashtra pic.twitter.com/tmzV3Dmm7C
Maharashtra: Mumbai Police Commissioner Sanjay Barve and DCP- Zone 1 Abhishek Trimukhe visit at the site where the building collapsed. Two people have died and six people have been injured in the incident, so far.
Mumbai: A child was rescued from the building collapse site in Dongri. He has been admitted to hospital and is stable.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has ordered a high-level probe into Dongri building collapse incident. "At least 15 families are feared to be trapped inside the 100-year-old building which collapsed in Dongri area. The building was given for re-development to a builder. These things will be looked into afterwards...right now our focus is on to rescue people trapped inside the rubble of the building," Fadnavis said.
The death toll in the Dongri building collapse has gone up to 12, news channels quoted Maharashtra Housing minister Radhakrishna Vikhe-Patil as saying.
A child was rescued from debris of the building collapse site in Dongri. The child has been admitted to the hospital and is stable, reported news agency ANI.
Two people have died and five have been rescued, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) Disaster Management Cell told news agency ANI.
The National Disaster Relief Fund (NDRF) has deployed one more team to speed up rescue work at Dongri building collapse site. At least 40-50 people are still feared trapped in the rubble of the 4-storey building.
The building which collapsed in Dongri area today was not in the BMC's list of dangerous buildings, reports ABP News.
The accident site is located in a narrow lane making it difficult for rescue teams and machines to clear the rubble.
Rescuers have pulled out a child from the rubble of the collapsed building. He has been rushed to a local hospital. Resident say the building was old but not in a dilapidated condition.
Local residents have formed a human chain to help fire brigade teams remove debris of the collapsed building in Dongri. The NDRF team is yet to reach the spot.