Death toll in south Mumbai building collapse rises to 9
Mumbai, July 17: The death toll in the building collapse in the Fort area of Mumbai has gone up to nine with three more persons succumbing to injuries, while a search operation was still underway at the site, civic authorities said on Friday morning.
Two persons were killed after a corner portion of six-storey 'Bhanushali' building collapsed in the Fort area around 4.45 pm on Thursday.
Mumbai: Portion of 5-storey Bhanushali building near Fort area collapses; search operation underway
Three more persons, who were rescued from the site, were declared dead at the hospital around midnight on Thursday, while a 62-year-old woman died on Friday morning, an official of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation said.
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The woman was taken out from the debris and rushed to the state-run J J Hospital, where she was declared brought dead, he said. Three people are still injured of which condition of a 17-year-boy is critical, he added.