2 buildings collapse in heavy rain in Mumbai, killing 8
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Rescuers searching for survivors after a dilapidated six-storey building collapsed, killing six people, in Mumbai on Thursday. Another building collapsed earlier that day, killing two people.
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MUMBAI • Heavy rain lashing India's financial capital of Mumbai has caused the collapse of a multi-storey building, killing six people and injuring several others, said the authorities.
The dilapidated six-storey structure in the city's south was home to five or six families who stayed on after residents were advised to evacuate as it was under repairs, eyewitnesses told television channels.
Two people were declared dead on Thursday evening, with disaster response officials pulling four more bodies from debris during the night, fire and police officials said.
Several people had been trapped under the debris.
Many more were stranded in the portion left standing after the collapse, causing instability, city fire chief P.S. Rahangdale said.
"The risk of secondary collapse can't be ruled out," he added.
Earlier on Thursday, a three-storey chawl - a building divided into tenements - collapsed in Malwani in the western suburb of Malad, killing two, including a child. Five others who were trapped under the debris have been rescued.
Every year, heavy downpours in Mumbai bring down some rain-sodden small and large structures deemed too dangerous to live in.
Intense rainfall over the previous few days prompted weather officials on Thursday to upgrade to "red" from "orange" an alert called for the city and surrounding areas.
REUTERS
