At least 12 people were killed and seven injured when a three-storey structure collapsed in Malwani in Malad West on Wednesday night. A man living in an adjacent house told mid-day, that two days back, he had informed its owner that the structure had slightly tilted. He also claimed that the collapsed structure did not have any beam support and was made of single brick walls. 
 
At least people were killed and 7 were injured after a three-storey structure collapsed in a slum pocket of Malwani in Malad West on Wednesday night. The owner of the building, Mohammed Rafiq Siddique, 48, stayed on the second floor and his brother stayed on another floor. Rafiq`s wife, his brother Shafiq and his wife along with six kids died in the incident. Rafiq had stepped out when the building crashed. Sheikh, 45, another resident, who stayed on rent with his family members, had also stepped out before the structure collapsed, and survived. Locals said one more person from the building is missing.

According to local residents, the incident happened at around 11 pm on Wednesday. As per the BMC’s Disaster Management Cell, they received a call about the collapse at 11:10 pm from the new Collector compound slum on Abdul Hameed Road in Malwani. The incident took place in a slum pocket which is on Collector`s land.