Thane: As many as four people, including a 12-year-old child, died after slabs of a residential building collapsed in Ulhasnagar town of Maharashtra's Thane district on Saturday.
The incident took place in a ground-plus four-storey Mohini Palace building in camp no 1 around 1.40 pm, said Santosh Kadam, chief of the regional disaster management cell of the Thane Municipal Corporation.
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A slab on the fourth floor came crashing down on other slabs, trapping people in the process, he said.
A team of NDRF personnel has joined rescue operations at the spot.
Local firemen rushed to the scene and rescued 11 residents.
They were taken to a local hospital for first aid, the official said.
A team from the Thane Disaster Response Force is at the scene to help firemen remove the debris and rescue others who are trapped, he added.
A search is on for a woman resident of the building who is missing.
The deceased are identified as Monty Milind Parshe (12), Aishwarya Harish Dodwal (23), Harish Dodwal (40) and Savitri Parshe (60).
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One Sandhya Dodwal remains missing and rescue teams are trying to trace her in the debris.
The bodies were extricated from the rubble after a search of more than four hours.
Members of nearly 19 families are feared trapped inside the debris, the official stated.
Ulhasnagar Tehasildar Vijay Wakore told reporters that details like the year of construction of the building and the
number of its occupants will be known later.
"Our priority is to get the debris cleared and carry out the search operations," he said.
(with agency inputs)
