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Wall Collapse Kills At Least 27
Bar In Southern India Was
Hit By Heavy Rain, Apparently Weakening The Wall

MUMBAI, India, July 19, 2007

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"We rushed out
and all we saw was this huge mountain of mud and no
building."

Meghna Parekh,
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(AP) At least 26
people were killed and 15 others injured when a seven-story building
collapsed in Mumbai, officials said Thursday as rescue workers
continued to pull survivors and bodies out of the rubble.

Several others were feared trapped in the rubble of the
residential building in Mumbai's Borivali neighborhood, said Gopal
Shetty, a state lawmaker. The building collapsed late Wednesday.

Rescue workers toiled through the night, often pulling aside
chunks of masonry with their bare hands, in an attempt to find
survivors.

"The priority is to rescue people who may be
trapped inside," Shetty said.

By Thursday morning, cranes
were brought in to lift large slabs of concrete and workers began
removing bodies from the rubble. However, rescue efforts were
hampered by sporadic monsoon showers.

"The toll has gone up
to 26 and can go higher," said K. Dhode, an official at the state
disaster control center. "Rescue efforts will be on till we are
satisfied no one is under the debris."

Seven people,
including four women, were plucked from under mounds of concrete,
twisted metal bars and mud by rescuers who carried them to a nearby
hospital on makeshift stretchers.

Some relatives waited
anxiously by a white board in the hospital where names of the dead
were posted, while others chose to huddle under umbrellas at the
site waiting and hoping for survivors.

"My uncle and aunt
are dead," said a weeping Sushil Kothari. "We can't reach my
cousins. They aren't answering their phones. Why is this happening?"

Witnesses described the chaos of the collapse.

"There was a huge sound and a crash," said Meghna Parekh who
lives nearby. "We rushed out and all we saw was this huge mountain
of mud and no building."

The building housed several stores,
a clinic and residences.

It was not immediately clear what
caused the collapse, and Dhode said the government had launched an
inquiry into the cause.

Shetty said poor quality cement may
have been used in the construction of the 20-year-old building.

However, J. Phatak, a senior city official, said residents
reported extensive renovations to the building by a jewelry store on
the ground floor of the building.

Mumbai authorities
routinely demolish shoddy buildings ahead of the monsoon rains but
this building was not listed as dangerous, said Phatak.

Building collapses are frequent in India — where
construction is often hastily carried out with little regard for
safety regulations.

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