In Western India, a three-storey residential building collapsed before dawn on Monday. leaving scores, while more than 20 people are still trapped.
At 150 people were in the property at the time of the incident and at least seven children were among the victims.
The Incident happened around 3:40 am early monday in the city of Bhiwandi according to local authorities.
Emergency workers from the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) pulled out 19 people from the rubble including two boys aged four and seven.
“Total number of deaths is 10… Rescue operations are ongoing”, NDRF commandant Ithape Pandit told AFP.
More than 40 emergency workers were helping search for survivors. An official at the Thane city authority, which oversees Bhiwandi, told AFP.
The cause of the accident was not immediately crystal, but building collapses are common during India’s June-September monsoon.
Along side its old and rickety structures buckling after days of non-stop rain.
