Nine residents, including senior citizens, were rescued after a slab on the second floor of a 24-year-old residential building collapsed into a flat on the first floor in Thane’s Vartak Nagar area on Sunday morning.
The incident triggered an emergency rescue operation involving the fire brigade, disaster response teams and police, officials said.
All nine residents were safely rescued, they said.
According to the Regional Disaster Management Cell (RDMC), the incident was reported at around 9.07 am at Ganraj Society, located near Gajanan Maharaj Math in Shivai Nagar, along Pokhran Road No. 1, Vartak Nagar, Thane West.
Slab collapses between two floors
According to the Thane Municipal Corporation, the hall slab of Room No. 202 on the second floor collapsed into Room No. 102 on the first floor. The building, which has a ground floor and four upper floors, is approximately 24 years old.
Following the collapse, several residents were trapped on the first and second floors, prompting an emergency response.
Nine residents rescued safely
Fire brigade personnel, Thane Municipal Corporation’s disaster management staff, the Thane Disaster Response Force and Vartak Nagar police jointly carried out the rescue operation.
Nine people trapped in the building were safely evacuated.
Civic and emergency teams at the spot
Thane Municipal Corporation officials, including the Deputy Commissioner of the Fire Brigade Department, divisional fire officers and disaster management personnel, reached the spot. Fire brigade teams, disaster response personnel and Vartak Nagar police were also deployed.
Two ambulances belonging to the Thane Municipal Corporation were stationed at the site, along with fire engines and emergency response vehicles. Corporator Parisha Sarnaik and corporator Sitaram Rane also visited the spot.
Four injured in fire at Thane building
Four people sustained minor injuries after a fire broke out at a residential building in Sanghvi Hills on Ghodbunder Road in Thane West during the early hours of Sunday, November 8. Two other residents, who were trapped inside their flat, were safely rescued by fire brigade personnel.
The fire broke out in the corridor on the seventh floor of the A Wing of Aravali Hills Society, a ground-plus-seven-storey residential building in the Kasarvadavali area. The Thane Municipal Corporation received information about the incident at around 12.20 am.
Following the alert, fire brigade personnel, along with officials from the Disaster Management Cell, rushed to the spot to carry out firefighting and rescue operations. Two fire engines and one rescue vehicle were deployed at the site.
Disaster Management Officer Yasin Tadvi and Chief Fire Officer Jhalke supervised the response, while personnel from the Disaster Management Cell also reached the building in a utility vehicle. Police personnel from Kasarvadavali Police Station were present to assist with the emergency response and manage the situation.
