At least two dead, five injured after building collapses in Bhiwandi city near Mumbai
Bhiwandi building collapse
At least two peopledied and five more were critically injured in a building collapse incident in Bhiwandi city near Mumbai in the earlyhours of Saturday.
Ashok Rankhamb, Commissioner of Bhiwandi-Nizampur Municipal Corporation said that the building was in a dilapidated state and was being vacated when the incident took place.
"People had informed us that the building may collapse. I along with officers reached the spot and asked to vacate the building. People had vacated the building but then some people went inside to pick their luggage. Meanwhile, the building came down. It is an 8-year-old building and was built illegally. An investigation will be done," the commissioner said.
Disaster Management Officer Santosh Kadam said that fire brigade and personnel of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) arecarrying out an operation to rescue people trapped in the debris.
(With inputs from ANI)