A tragic incident happened in Maharashtras Thane district, when a residential building collapsed at midnight on Sunday, killing two people and five others were injured, said civic officials.Building collapses in ThaneBriefing about the incident, Thane Municipal Corporations disaster management cell chief Yasin Tadvi said that the single-storey building having six flats and located on Durga Road in Dhobi Talao area of Bhiwandi town collapsed at 12.35 am.After receiving the information, a team of the Thane Disaster Response Force (TDRF) and fire personnel from the Bhiwandi Nizampur Municipal Corporation rushed to the spot of the incident.#WATCH | Thane, Maharashtra: A two-storey building collapsed in Bhiwandi. Fire Department officer Rajesh Pawar says, Six people were stuck in the building. We rescued four people. Two people are in a critical state. pic.twitter.com/Mhwt5sV2gT— ANI (@ANI) September 3, 2023Rescue operation According to the officials, a search operation was carried out in the night and seven persons were pulled out from the debris. An eight-month-old girl and a woman died while five others were injured.The deceased have been identified as Uzma Atif Momin (40) and Taslima Mosar Momin (8 months), while the injured were four women and a man aged 65, they said. The injured people were rushed to a local hospital immediately and were reported to be out of danger.The search and rescue operation and work to clear the debris was completed at around 3:30 am, the official said.It was not yet known how old was the building and whether it was on the list of dangerous structures, he said.
