Two children were injured when a portion of a ceiling slab collapsed at a seven-storey residential building in Maharashtra`s Thane district, officials said on Tuesday, reported news agency PTI.
The incident was reported at 9.27 pm on Monday at the `M` wing of Wafa Park, Almas Colony, in the Mumbra area, they said.
The ceiling slab of a flat on the sixth floor collapsed, causing the flooring of an apartment directly above it to give way, leaving a woman trapped, Thane Municipal Corporation`s disaster management cell chief Yasin Tadvi said, reported PTI.
Two girls, aged 7 and 13, in the sixth-floor flat sustained minor injuries and were rushed to Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Hospital in Kalwa area for treatment, he said.
The fire brigade later rescued the 59-year-old woman who was trapped in the house above due to the collapsed flooring, the official said, reported PTI.
Since the remaining portions of the flats were deemed to be in a dangerous condition, the apartments were immediately vacated. Residents have been instructed to temporarily stay with relatives as a safety precaution, and a shelter has also been erected nearby, he said, reported PTI.
The building where the incident occurred is 25 to 30 years old, the official said.
“It is not in the list of dangerous buildings,” he added.
2 injured as major portion of 3-storey building collapses during demolition in Mumbai
In another incident, two men were injured as a major portion of a three-storey building collapsed during its demolition in Mahim area of Mumbai on October 29, officials said.
The incident was reported at 1.48 pm at the Johnson & Johnson building located on Senapati Bapat Marg near Mahim railway station, a civic official said.
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) officials had earlier said the incident occurred at the three-storey Unnati Society.
Demolition work was being carried out at the Johnson & Johnson building by a private contractor using a backhoe loader machine when the first and second floors of the three-storey structure suddenly collapsed, leaving some of its portions hanging precariously, officials said.
Debris from the collapsed floors fell on the loader machine and a four-wheeler parked in the compound of the adjacent Amol Apartment.
Two persons – identified as Shaharukh Khan and Mohammad Ayub, both aged 24 – sustained injuries in the incident and were rushed to a local hospital. Their condition is said to be stable, according to the officials.
“Area around the entire building was cordoned off as a precautionary measure following the incident,” the civic official added.
(With inputs from PTI)
