Two persons were feared trapped while two others were rescued and 50 people managed to rush to safety when a multi-storey building collapsed in Belapur, Navi Mumbai, in the wee hours of Saturday, officials said.
The incident occurred at around 4.30 A.M. when residents of the Indira Nivas building in Shahbazgaon were sleeping in their homes, said Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis.
He said that rescue teams were making efforts to evacuate the two persons trapped under the debris, while the survivors have been housed in a shelter of the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC).