A 13-year-old girl died and five others were rescued after a gallery slab of a nearly four-decade-old residential building collapsed in Maharashtra’s Thane district on Monday evening, civic officials said.
The incident took place at Faiyaz Apartment in the Amrit Nagar area of Mumbra township. According to the Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC), the second-floor gallery slab collapsed onto the first-floor gallery, trapping six residents under the debris.
Rescue teams from multiple agencies pulled all six people out, but 13-year-old Asma Kader Sheikh suffered critical injuries and was declared dead at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Hospital in Kalwa.
All six occupants were rescued from the debris by personnel of various agencies. Five escaped without
serious injuries, while 13-year-old Asma Kader Sheikh, a resident of room no. 102, sustained critical injuries. She was rushed to Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Hospital in Kalwa, where doctors declared her dead.
“As a precautionary measure, the building has been completely evacuated, and residents are being shifted to safer accommodation,” said Yasin M. Tadvi, Chief of the Regional Disaster Management Cell (RDMC), Thane Municipal Corporation.
Officials said the affected building was classified under the C2B category. It comprises 30 flats, of which around 15 to 20 are currently occupied.
As a safety measure, the building has been fully vacated, and the Thane civic body has initiated the temporary relocation of approximately 70 to 80 residents to municipal schools.
(With inputs from PTI)
