A day after a five-storeyed building in Maharashtra's Raigad district collapsed, rescue personnel continued to sift
Mumbai: A day after a five-storeyed building in Maharashtra's Raigad district collapsed, rescue personnel continued to sift through the rubble in search of survivors, while police said 19 persons are still missing.
Maharashtra building collapse
Raigad District Superintendent of Police Anil Paraskar said that eight persons have been rescued from the debris so far and 19 are still missing.
A man died of cardiac arrest on Monday night after he was hit by a stone from the falling building, the IPS officer said.
"This person was not a resident of the building, but was walking nearby when it collapsed and was hit by a stone from the falling debris. He died of cardiac arrest," Paraskar said.
Maharashtra building collapse There were around 40 flats in the building, the official said, adding those rescued were shifted to a local hospital at Mahad.
Teams of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) are at the spot for rescue operations.
