One person died when two floors of a century-old building at Grant Road came crashing down. The incident happened in the A wing of United Chambers at Grant Road. The mishap may have happened in the night and was noticed in the morning as the aging building was unoccupied but for a man who worked as a caretaker. The portion of the first-floor ceiling measuring approximately 8x8 square feet fell on the first floor which then fell on the ground floor. Mumbai Fire Brigade removed the debris and rushed him to J J Hospital. The victim was declared dead on arrival. The victim has been identified as Sagar Nikam, 36.

The building is situated near the Shalimar Hotel on Maulana Shaukat Ali Road. The building has three wings - A, B and C and the incident occurred in the A wing. A neighbour on the condition of anonymity said that very few families reside in that part of the building and rooms were mostly used for commercial purposes. A man used to come to sleep on the premises. No one knew exactly when the slabs crashed, but in the morning, one of the neighbouring families raised the alarm.