July 17, 2019 8:50 PM

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Mumbai building collapse: Search & rescue operation for survivors called off

<span style="color: #222222;">More than 24 hours after the collapse of a residential building in Dongri area in South central Mumbai, the search and rescue operation for survivors was called off.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">No more survivors were found at the site of the building crash located in a congested lane in south Mumbai.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"><br />'' Multiple agencies, including the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), had launched a search and rescue operation to locate survivors under the debris. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Sachidanand Gawde, PRO of the NDRF battalion engaged in the exercise, informed that the search and rescue operation has been called off after removal of the debris and search of the entire area.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"><br />'' He stated that three teams of NDRF personnels were at the site for over 28 hours. He further said that a total of 23 people were taken out from the crash site, of which 14 died and nine were injured and admitted in hospital for treatment. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Gawde said that seven men, four women and three children succumbed to injuries, while two men, five women and two children are admitted in hospital.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"><br />'' The four-storey illegal building had caved in at around 11.40 am yesterday, killing 14 people.</span><br />

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