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A portion of a ground-plus-two
storey building in Thakurli collapsed on Tuesday night. At least five people,
including a woman, were reported dead while 6 to 8 people are still feared
trapped inside the building. 12 people have been injured in the incident.
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Relief and rescue operations
continued through the night. The fire brigade found it difficult to access the
Matrukripa building in Mira Nagar area near Dombivli due to the congested lanes
and bylanes.
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"At
11pm, when it was raining heavily, a portion of the staircase collapsed.
Hearing the loud crash, we rushed out of our homes," said Bala Ganesh, a
resident of a nearby building. "We told them to get out of the building
immediately, but they couldn't as the staircase had collapsed. Within minutes,
the structure collapsed too," he said.
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"Around 12 to 15 families
were trapped in the building and the fire brigade and disaster management
personnel were busy trying to rescue them," said a local.
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The dilapidated building's half
portion collapsed creating panic among the residents and neighbours. The
building is said to be 35 years old and was in a dilapidated condition. KDMC
Mayor Kalyani Patil who rushed to the spot claimed that the building was on the
list of dilapidated buildings and even the KDMC had served notices to the
building's residents but they did not evacuate it.
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