IN PHOTOS: Six dead after building collapses in Maharashtra`s Vasai

Updated On: 27 August, 2025 08:37 PM IST | Asif Ali Sayed

Six people died and several others were injured after part of a residential building collapsed in Vasai area of Palghar district in Maharashtra, late Tuesday. Pics/NDRF

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Six people died and several others were injured after part of a residential building collapsed in Vasai area of Palghar district in Maharashtra, late Tuesday. Pics/NDRF

<p>"Teams from the fire brigade and National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) rushed to the spot and are continuing search and rescue operations using specialised equipment," officials said on Wednesday</p>

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"Teams from the fire brigade and National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) rushed to the spot and are continuing search and rescue operations using specialised equipment," officials said on Wednesday

<p>The incident took place just after midnight, when the rear portion of the four-storey Ramabai Apartment on Narangi Road collapsed onto a nearby chawl</p>

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The incident took place just after midnight, when the rear portion of the four-storey Ramabai Apartment on Narangi Road collapsed onto a nearby chawl

<p>According to the Vasai-Virar City Municipal Corporation (VVMC), rescue teams have so far pulled 11 people from the rubble. Two of them – Aarohi Omkar Jovil, 24 and Utkarsha Jovil, 1 – were declared dead at the hospital</p>

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According to the Vasai-Virar City Municipal Corporation (VVMC), rescue teams have so far pulled 11 people from the rubble. Two of them – Aarohi Omkar Jovil, 24 and Utkarsha Jovil, 1 – were declared dead at the hospital

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The injured have been taken to hospitals in Virar and Nalasopara, both on the outskirts of Mumbai, officials said

<p>The rescue efforts are ongoing as authorities ensure that no one else is trapped under the rubble. Nearby residents have been temporarily evacuated, the NDRF said</p>

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The rescue efforts are ongoing as authorities ensure that no one else is trapped under the rubble. Nearby residents have been temporarily evacuated, the NDRF said

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