One killed in Mumbai building collapse

PTI Updated - November 25, 2017 at 12:30 AM.

A 32-year-old woman was today killed and three others suffered minor injuries after a vacant seven-storey building collapsed in suburban Santacruz.

The deceased has been identified as Sudha Sridharan, a BMC official said.

The building, located in Yashwant Nagar near Grand Hyatt Hotel, came down around noon on a chawl, an official in the BMC disaster management cell said.

Seven fire engines, two ambulances and a team of NDRF have been rushed to the spot.

Rescue operations are underway even as some residents are feared trapped under the debris, the official said.

Published on March 14, 2014 09:54