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At least 26 killed in 7-story
building collapse in Mumbai, India

July 19, 2007

BY RAMOLA TALWAR BADAM Associated
Press
MUMBAI, India----
At least 26 people were killed and 15 others injured when a
seven-story building collapsed in Mumbai, officials said
Thursday as rescue workers pulled 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.

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 at 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 and a clinic in addition
to residences.

It was not immediately clear what caused the collapse, and
the government had launched an inquiry, said K. Dhode, an
official at the state disaster control center.

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, Phatak said.

Building collapses are frequent in India -- where
construction is often hastily done with little regard for
safety regulations.

Copyright 2007 Associated Press. All rights
reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast,
rewritten, or redistributed.

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