5 Feared Trapped As Chawl Collapses In Mumbai Amid Rain
Four to five persons are feared trapped after a ground-plus-three-storey 'chawl' partially collapsed in Mumbai's Mankhurd area on Sunday night amid heavy rains, civic officials said.
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- Four to five persons feared trapped after partial collapse of chawl in Mankhurd Mumbai
- Collapse occurred at Chawl No 5 in Janta Nagar near Hanuman Mandir around 8.30 pm Sunday
- Two to three tenements of the ground-plus-three-storey building caved in during heavy rains
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Mumbai:
Four to five persons are feared trapped after a ground-plus-three-storey 'chawl' partially collapsed in Mumbai's Mankhurd area on Sunday night amid heavy rains, civic officials said.
The incident occurred at Chawl No 5 in Janta Nagar, behind Hanuman Mandir, at around 8.30 pm, they said.
As per preliminary information, two to three tenements forming part of the ground-plus-three-storey structure caved in, prompting a rescue operation by personnel from Mumbai Fire Brigade (MFB), police, BMC ward office and '108' ambulance services, the officials said.
'Chawls' are old, low-cost housing blocks with long balconies and single room tenements.
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