THANE: Two persons were feared trapped after a four-storey residential building, tagged as 'dangerous' by the authorities, collapsed in Dombivli area of Maharashtra's Thane district on Friday, a civic official said.
The two persons trapped have been identified as Arvind Bhaskar (70), and Kirti Lodia (45).
The building 'Adinarayan Bhuvan', located at Ayre village in Dombivli east, collapsed in the evening, he said. "It was an unauthorised building and tagged as a dangerous structure by the Kalyan Dombivli Municipal Corporation (KDMC) earlier," the official said.
The Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation was evacuating residents from building when a portion of it collapse.
After being informed, the fire brigade personnel and members of the local disaster management cell rushed to the spot and launched a relief and rescue operation, he added.
KDMC commissioner Bhausaheb Dangde is also at the site to oversee the operation, the official said. Further details are awaited.
(With PTI inputs)
