Mumbai: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) Disaster Control reported that on Saturday, fragments of an old building’s slab and balcony collapsed near Grant Road West station in the city, killing one woman and injuring at least three others.
At the Rubinissa Manzil building, which was already dilapidated, a section collapsed from the balcony and slab portions of the second and third level, leaving another section hanging dangerously.
At least seven or eight residents were stranded on the top floor of the four-storied building, and the Mumbai Fire Brigade, along with police, ambulances, and civic staffers, rushed to launch a rescue operation.
After around an hour, the body of one was retrieved from the debris, and the injured were rushed to the nearby Bhatia Hospital for treatment.
BMC Disaster Control said more people are still feared to be trapped under the rubble, and hectic efforts are underway to save them.
This is the current monsoon season’s first major house crash tragedy as torrential rains clobbered Mumbai and the Mumbai Metropolitan Region in the past 72 hours, with heavy rains lashing the vicinity since Friday-Saturday midnight.
–IANS
