Six people were killed and two others injured, when a dilapidated two-storey building collapsed in the 14th gully of the red-light district of Kamathipura at Grant Road in south Mumbai on Saturday afternoon.
The fire brigade personnel rescued at least five people from under the debris of “Attharwala” building, which gave way at around 2.30 pm.
The building was under repairs, when the mishap took place.
Among other things, the collapsed building housed a beer bar on the ground and Zari workshops (a type golden thread used decoratively on clothing) on the first and second floors. There were in all 15 people in the building when the structure collapsed.
The fire brigade personnel rushed to the scene along with eight fire engines and three ambulances soon afterwards. The debris clearance operation continued till the evening.
While four of the persons were declared dead at the JJ Hospital, two persons succumbed to injuries at the Nair Hospital. One injured person each is undergoing treatment at the two hospitals.
Four of those who succumbed to injuries at JJ Hospital were idenfied as Sarful Mulla ( 28), Angat Chobe (45), Wasim Khan (14) and Jabaz Mulla (30). The identities of those who died at Nair Hospital were not immediately known.