3 people died due to collapse of 4-storey building in Navi Mumbai, 2 injured were rescued from the debris

Three people were killed and two others injured when a four-storey residential building collapsed in Navi Mumbai’s CBD Belapur area on Saturday morning. Two injured were rescued alive from the debris after the incident occurred at 4.50 am in Shahbaz Village. Officials said that the tragedy could have been bigger if 52 other residents were not evacuated in time after cracks were seen in the building.

Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) Commissioner Kailash Shinde said, “A four-storey building comprising 13 residential units and three shops collapsed this morning. A man and a woman trapped under the debris were rescued and admitted to a hospital.”

NDRF and civic body fire brigade personnel launched a rescue operation. A civic official said the body of one person was recovered from under the debris around noon, while the bodies of two others were recovered a few hours later. The deceased have been identified as Mohammed Miraj Altaf Hussain (30), Miraj Saif Ansari (24) and Safiq Ahmad Rehmat Ali Ansari (28).