5-storey building collapses in Mumbai

Firefighters and rescue workers bring out a survivor from under the rubble of a collapsed building in Mumbai on September 27, 2013. A five-storey building collapsed in Mumbai at day-break in the latest accident in India's financial capital, with dozens feared trapped inside. Local people put the number of residents usually inside the apartment block as high as 60, but police and a local city administrator told AFP at the scene that about 20-24 were trapped inside. (AFP)

Published Friday, September 27, 2013

Firefighters look for survivors at the site of a building collapse in Mumbai on September 27, 2013. A five-storey residential block collapsed in Mumbai at daybreak killing at least three people and leaving up to 70 feared trapped inside, in the latest building disaster to hit India's financial capital . AFP

Firefighters and rescue workers carry a body from the site of a building collapse in Mumbai on September 27, 2013. A five-storey residential block collapsed in Mumbai at daybreak killing at least three people and leaving up to 70 feared trapped inside, in the latest building disaster to hit India's financial capital . AFP

Firefighters and rescue workers are seen working at the site of the building collapse in Mumbai on September 27, 2013. A five-storey building collapsed in Mumbai at day-break in the latest accident in India's financial capital, with dozens feared trapped inside. Local people put the number of residents usually inside the apartment block as high as 60, but police and a local city administrator told AFP at the scene that about 20-24 were trapped inside. AFP

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