Mumbai: Lift crashes down from 40 floors, kills 6

At least six labourers were killed and another injured after a lift of an under-construction 40-storey building collapsed this evening in the Balkum area in Thane near Mumbai.

According to the police officials, Yasin Tadvi, who heads the disaster management cell of Thane Municipal Corporation, confirmed that it was a construction lift and not the regular one which came crashing down from the 40th floor and landed at P3 (three levels underground in the parking area) near Ghodbunder road.

The reason for the cause of incident is said to be the fault in the supporting cables of the lift.

Soon after getting the information, a team of Regional Disaster Management Cell and Fire Brigade personnel rushed to the spot and pulled out the victims from the incident spot.

The probe in the incident is still on, as per police officials.