Mumbai Building Collapse

A scaffolding beside a building that is several storeys high came crashing down on the road amid a severe dust storm in Mumbai today.

After being alerted about the incident, two fire engines were rushed to the spot along with the personnel of the city fire brigade, police and the civic body, the official said.

Eleven people were rescued from under five houses in Mumbai's Chembur which collapsed following a gas cylinder explosion on Wednesday, fire officials said. The violent blast ripped through the houses situated in a narrow lane.

A 55-year-old man died and a woman was pulled out alive from the debris after a four-storey residential building that was declared dangerous by civic authorities collapsed in Dombivali East in Maharashtra's Thane district on Friday, an official said.

At least six workers were killed and another injured when the construction lift at a 40-storey under-construction building collapsed this evening in the Balkum area in Thane near Mumbai, officials said.

An infant and a woman were killed and five others injured when a residential building collapsed in Maharashtra's Thane district shortly after midnight on Sunday, civic officials said.

Two persons were killed and six others injured when the slab of a 20-year-old residential building collapsed in Nerul area of Navi Mumbai, fire brigade officials said on Thursday.

In a tragic incident on Wednesday, two people died and two others were injured after a slab of the building collapsed on them in Navi Mumbai's Nerul area, officials said.

The incident took place at 11:30 am amid heavy rains in the region for the past couple of days.

A 94-year-old woman and a man aged 56 were found dead on Monday in the debris of a ground-plus-three storey building which collapsed in Ghatkopar area of Mumbai the previous day, a civic official said.

Four people have been safely rescued and two people are still trapped inside a portion of a 3-storey building collapsed in Rajawadi Colony, Ghatkopar (East), said an official on Sunday.

Two persons were killed after a portion of a building's balcony at St Braz Road, near Nanavati Hospital, collapsed on Sunday afternoon, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said.

A massive search and rescue operation to look for survivors and retrieve bodies following the collapse of a two-storey building in Bhiwandi in Maharashtra's Thane district was called after more than 45 hours just before Monday noon.

The death count in the collapse of a two-storey building in Bhiwandi in Maharashtra's Thane district reached six on Sunday after the body of a 40-year-old man was recovered from the debris, officials said.

Maharshtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde visited the Indira Gandhi Hospital and met the people injured in the Bhiwandi building collapsed on Saturday night.

A scaffolding beside a building that is several storeys high came crashing down on the road amid a severe dust storm in Mumbai today.

After being alerted about the incident, two fire engines were rushed to the spot along with the personnel of the city fire brigade, police and the civic body, the official said.

Eleven people were rescued from under five houses in Mumbai's Chembur which collapsed following a gas cylinder explosion on Wednesday, fire officials said. The violent blast ripped through the houses situated in a narrow lane.

A 55-year-old man died and a woman was pulled out alive from the debris after a four-storey residential building that was declared dangerous by civic authorities collapsed in Dombivali East in Maharashtra's Thane district on Friday, an official said.

At least six workers were killed and another injured when the construction lift at a 40-storey under-construction building collapsed this evening in the Balkum area in Thane near Mumbai, officials said.

An infant and a woman were killed and five others injured when a residential building collapsed in Maharashtra's Thane district shortly after midnight on Sunday, civic officials said.

Two persons were killed and six others injured when the slab of a 20-year-old residential building collapsed in Nerul area of Navi Mumbai, fire brigade officials said on Thursday.

In a tragic incident on Wednesday, two people died and two others were injured after a slab of the building collapsed on them in Navi Mumbai's Nerul area, officials said.

The incident took place at 11:30 am amid heavy rains in the region for the past couple of days.

A 94-year-old woman and a man aged 56 were found dead on Monday in the debris of a ground-plus-three storey building which collapsed in Ghatkopar area of Mumbai the previous day, a civic official said.

Four people have been safely rescued and two people are still trapped inside a portion of a 3-storey building collapsed in Rajawadi Colony, Ghatkopar (East), said an official on Sunday.

Two persons were killed after a portion of a building's balcony at St Braz Road, near Nanavati Hospital, collapsed on Sunday afternoon, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said.

A massive search and rescue operation to look for survivors and retrieve bodies following the collapse of a two-storey building in Bhiwandi in Maharashtra's Thane district was called after more than 45 hours just before Monday noon.

The death count in the collapse of a two-storey building in Bhiwandi in Maharashtra's Thane district reached six on Sunday after the body of a 40-year-old man was recovered from the debris, officials said.

Maharshtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde visited the Indira Gandhi Hospital and met the people injured in the Bhiwandi building collapsed on Saturday night.