October 1, 2010 10:31 AM

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Pune rain-related death toll mounts to nine

The toll in the rain related mishaps rose to nine with reports of more casualties from different parts of Pune city inundated by a heavy downpour on Wednesday night. While four persons died in a compound wall collapse in Kothrud area, three labourers were killed when a two-storey building under repairs came down in Ghorpadi. Police and fire brigade officials said, one person was electrocuted while he was wading his way through waist-high water in the flash floods in Wadgaon area and a 40-year-old woman was washed away after her slum dwelling collapsed at Varje. Fire brigade personnel rescued many people, shifting them to safer places as rain waters flooded low lying areas.

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