A person was killed and two others were injured after a three-story building collapsed in Navi Mumbai on Saturday. The incident happened in sector 19 of Shahbaz village amid heavy rain in parts of Maharashtra. A person is still feared to be trapped under the rubble.
Teams of the police, fire brigade, and National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) were on the spot, and carrying out the rescue operation.
The building named Indira Niwas, which was built in 2013 and had 17 flats collapsed around 5 am.
Kailas Shinde, Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation Commissioner said, "The building collapsed around 5 am. It is a G+3 building. Two people have been rescued and two are likely trapped. NDRF team is here, rescue operation is underway."
The Municipal Corporation commissioner added that the two persons who were rescued had been admitted to a hospital and their condition was said to be stable.
"It is a 10-year-old building. An investigation is on. Action will be taken against the owner of the building," Shinde added.
Most of the residents reportedly left the building after it started shaking. Around 40 adults and 13 children came safely and were sent to a shelter shed before the building collapsed. According to some media reports, over 20 families resided in the building.
The incident comes a week after an 80-year-old woman was killed, and four others sustained injuries after a portion of a balcony of a four-story residential building collapsed in south Mumbai.