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Navi Mumbai: Building collapses in Belapur, 3 dead
Updated On: 28 July, 2024 07:03 AM IST | Mumbai | Faisal Tandel
Two were injured as 52 escaped within 25 minutes of being warned that the structure had a crack; inquiry initiated
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The joint rescue operation, led by the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation, Fire Brigade, and National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), continued until 4 pm on Saturday
A ground-plus-three-storey building in Shabaz Village, Belapur, collapsed on Saturday morning, resulting in the deaths of three people and injuring two others who are recuperating at a nearby hospital. The disaster occurred when a local resident alerted authorities about a crack in the structure, and 52 people managed to escape the dilapidated building within 25 minutes. Unfortunately, five people who were sleeping or unable to hear the alarm, were trapped inside.
The joint rescue operation, led by the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation, Fire Brigade, and National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), continued until 4 pm on Saturday. Kailash Shinde, municipal commissioner, Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation who visited the spot after the building collapsed, said, “On Saturday, around 4.45 am, Indra Niwas in Shabaz Village, sector 19 in Belapur Ward, collapsed. The building was constructed in 2013 and had 17 flats and three shops in it. After the building developed cracks and the dangerous sign was noticed, 39 adults and 13 kids came out safely. Five people remained trapped; though two of them were rescued and shifted to the civic hospital for treatment, three bodies were recovered.”
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