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Eight dead in Bombay building crash, many more trapped under debris

The death toll in Tuesday's building collapse at Malad in north Bombay, rose to eight today, with five women, one man, and two children succumbing to their injuries in various government and private hospitals. Twenty others, who were injured in the crash, are currently undergoing treatment.

The building, 'Sukhsagar', in Bachani Nagar, near Children's Academy school in Malad east, collapsed at 1700 hours on Tuesday.

Eye-witnesses said all the six floors of the building came tumbling down all of a sudden, catching the residents and onlookers by surprise. The building housed 36 families, who were recently issued a notice by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation to vacate it, sources said.

Fire brigade sources have confirmed that many others are still trapped in the debris, and that rescue work is under way which is expected to be completed by late Wednesday evening.

The dead have been identified as Nita Mohile (46), Amita Panchal (29), Alpa Doshi (44), Jyoti Wadhwa (30), Bina Demajwala (29), Mahesh Waghela (40), Shashank Darji (5). A two-and-a-half-year-old infant has so far not been identified.

The injured are being treated at Suchak and Asha hospitals.

UNI

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