MUMBAI: At least one person died and five others sustained injuries after portion of wall of a four-storey building collapsed on another house at Rajjak Chawl in Kherwadi, Bandra (east) on Monday morning.
According to officials the incident took place at around 1.45am on Monday.
“Total 11 people were rescued safely by the fire brigade, another 6 were rescued by the local public before the fire brigade reached the site.
The injured were sent to Bhabha and VN Desai Hospitals,” an official said.
Officials said that Riyaz Ahmad (28) was declared dead on arrival at VN Desai Hospital.
While Nural Haq Haidar Ali Sayyad (21) suffered minor injuries, his condition is stable, doctors said.
The four others who were injured were identified as Salman Atik Khan (24), Rahul Mohan Khot (22), Rohan Mohan Khot (22), Lata Mohan Khot (48).
Doctors said that all four are under treatment and their condition is stable.
“A four-storey structure crashed on another two-storey structure next to it.
The heavy rains may have led to structural faults in the house,” said a civic official.
“Update on the Bandra East Structure collapse- It’s past 6am now, locals have formed human chains & are helping fire brigade clear the debris to make sure no one is stuck.
Have been requesting the @mybmc since 3 hours now to send labourers but only 2 are on site,” Bandra MLA Zeeshan Siddique tweeted.