collapses

THANE: A 50-year-old man suffered injuries when a section of a balcony collapsed on him at a factory in Bhiwandi town in Maharashtra's Thane district, on Saturday. The incident occurred in the Kaneri area of the town around 1.30pm, resulting in Rafique Khan sustaining a head injury. He was taken to a hospital, reported Faisal Tatli, the civic disaster management officer.Upon arrival, local firefighters...

ULHASNAGAR: A 47-year-old labourer died after a portion of a balcony of a flat collapsed during internal repairing work in Ulhasnagar on Wednesday afternoon.The incident took place at around 1pm at Shiv Palace building situated near Sadhubela College.The deceased was identified as Sairuddin, a resident of Bihar.The fire brigade team found that internal repairing work was going on inside the first-floor...

CHENNAI: A worker of an Indian Oil fuel refilling station in Chennai’s Saidapet died on Friday evening when its roof collapsed during rain. Six others suffered injuries in the accident.The fuel station is located on the Jones Road off the Anna Salai.Fire and rescue services personnel and police were involved in rescue operations. They removed the collapsed roof using cranes.Seven people, who were...

THANE: Two persons were feared trapped after a four-storey residential building, tagged as 'dangerous' by the authorities, collapsed in Dombivli area of Maharashtra's Thane district on Friday, a civic official said.The two persons trapped have been identified as Arvind Bhaskar (70), and Kirti Lodia (45).The building 'Adinarayan Bhuvan', located at Ayre village in Dombivli east, collapsed in the evening,...

THANE: A 100-year-old woman was rescued after the slab of a ground-plus-one residential structure collapsed on Thursday afternoon in Mumbra in Maharashtra's Thane district, a civic official said. The incident took place at 1:10pm in Rana Nivas in Padlekar Wadi, Thane Municipal Corporation regional disaster management cell chief Avinash Sawant told PTI."There are four rooms each on the ground floor and...

THE TIMES OF INDIA | Mar 28, 2023, 08:33:46 ISTA 2-storey building in the Badarpur area collapsed after a fire broke out inside the building.However, no causalities have been reported so far.According to officials, 18 fire tenders are at the spot to douse the fire.The building had a godown on the ground floor where the fire incident took place. Stay with TOI for all the latest updates.Read...