19 year-old dies in Bhiwandi godown collapse incident, death toll rises to 2

Two person was killed and six others, including minors, were injured after a building collapsed in Bhiwandi town of Maharashtra''s Thane district on Monday morning, a civic official said.

Hrithik Suresh Patil 19, who was rushed to a private hospital in Thane, succumbed to his injuries seven hours after the accident. The death toll has now risen to two. A case has been registered against the developer under various sections late on Monday night.

The single-storey building, where a godown of an online goods delivery firm is located, collapsed around 10.30 am in Harihar Compound at Mankoli junction in Bhiwandi, Thane civic body''s regional disaster management control cell chief Santosh Kadam said.

Personnel of the Thane district rescue force, disaster management cell and fire services officials from Bhiwandi and Thane rushed to the spot, and a team of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) arrived at noon and led the rescue and relief operation, he said.

The body of a security guard, identified as 35-year- old Saurabh Tripathi, was recovered from the debris, while six persons, including three minors, were rescued from the rubble and hospitalised, Kadam said.

The 15-year-old building belongs to a private firm which uses it as a godown for online delivery of goods, he said.

#UPDATE | Thane: Death toll rises to 2 in the Bhiwandi godown collapse incident. So far, 6 persons have been injured in the incident. #Maharashtra

— ANI (@ANI) February 2, 2021