IN PHOTOS: Man dies as two-storey building collapses in Bhiwandi

A two-storey commercial building collapsed in Thane's Bhiwandi town in the wee hours of Friday. While a man died, another was rescued by the fire brigade officials. See pics here

Updated On: 2023-01-27 11:45 AM IST

Fire brigade officials carrying out rescue operation

A 25-year-old man died after a two-storey commercial building collapsed in Bhiwandi, the officials said. The incident occurred around 3.50 am in the Khadipur locality of Bhiwandi. The deceased, identified as Majid Ansari, was asleep inside the building when it collapsed

Avinash Sawant, regional disaster management cell (RDMC) chief, Thane informed that fire brigade firefighters have carried out a search operation at the site of the incident and have recovered one person's body and rescued another safely from the site of the incident. Two fire brigade teams rushed to the spot and launched a rescue operation

Ashraf Nagori (22), who got trapped under the debris, was rescued by the fire brigade team. The rescued person did not suffer any injuries

A case of accidental death was registered by the police and the body of the deceased was sent to a government hospital for post-mortem

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