Mumbai building collapse death toll rises to 10, rescue ends
INDIA: The death toll from an apartment block collapse in central
Mumbai has risen to 10, police said Wednesday, as they ended nearly two
days of search and rescue operations.
A section of the five-storey Altaf Manzil building collapsed late on
Monday, followed by the cave-in of another part of the structure.
"The number of dead from the accident is 10 and five were injured in
the collapse," a police inspector in the Mumbai neighbourhood of Mahim,
where the collapse occurred, told AFP.
The inspector said rescue operations had been called off as there was
little possibility of more people being trapped under the rubble.
Police searched for survivors at the site -- located near a famous
Muslim shrine -- for nearly 30 hours after the incident, amid heavy
monsoon rains.
The accident came two months after a seven-storey building collapsed
on Mumbai's outskirts, killing 74 people. Two builders and seven others
were arrested in connection with that tragedy.
AFP |