
A five-storeybuilding near JJ Junction in Pakmodia streetcollapsed in Mumbai today killing 22people and injuring dozens, reports said.
Twenty eight people, who have suffered injuries, havereportedly been rescued from the rubble. More than a dozen are still trapped under the debris.
Four firemen have also been injured in the rescue operations.
National Disaster Response Force(NDRF) teammovedto the building collapse site in Bhindi Bazar as the news spread.
The 117-year-oldbuilding collapsed near the city'sJJHospital.
Police suspectthe heavy rains that lashed the citycould have weakened the building, Reuters reported.
The mayor of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporationblamed the MHADA (Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority) for the collapse.
Last month, seventeen people had died after afour-storey building had collapsed in theeastern suburb of Mumbai.
Nearly two dozen feared trapped after a five-storey building collapsed in Mumbai's Bhendi Bazaar area. (WION)