Five killed, 13 injured in building collapse

MUMBAI, Monday (AFP) -Five people were killed and 13 injured when a three-storey building collapsed in India's main financial city of Mumbai, police and hospital sources said Monday.

The 60-year-old structure in the south of the city, which housed three families, collapsed without warning late Sunday, police said.

"Five people were brought in dead," said H.S. Jadhav, superintendent of the city's GT Hospital. "All the injured have rib and leg fractures."

Of the injured, nine were residents of the building while four were volunteers assisting in rescue operations.

Police said rescue operations were underway but that there was only a "slim chance" anyone was still trapped under the debris.

The building collapse is the third in the past week and follows largescale flooding and unprecedented rains in Mumbai last month.

Eleven people were killed last week when a four-storey building collapsed in the city's south-central Nagpada suburb.