Ten people were killed and up to 25 are feared trapped after a three-storey residential building collapsed in western India, officials said.
"Total number of deaths is 10 ... Rescue operations are ongoing", NDRF commandant Ithape Pandit said.
NDRF director general Satya Narayan Pradhan tweeted that specialist teams and sniffer dogs were trying to rescue another"20-25 feared trapped". An official at the Thane city authority, which oversees Bhiwandi, said more than 40 emergency workers were helping search for survivors.is already on the ground and is assisting with the rescue operations. My deepest condolences are with the bereaved families, praying for the speedy recovery of those injured.Images broadcast on the NDRF's official Twitter feed showed emergency workers combing through concrete and brick rubble with electrical wires hanging over their heads.
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