Malad Building Collapse: Man who had gone out to buy milk loses 8 members of family in the incident

At least eleven people, including eight minors, lost their lives after a residential structure collapsed in New Collector compound, Malad West of Mumbai late on Wednesday night, informed the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC). The incident took place around 10:15 pm. Among the eleven people who died include eight members of the same family.

Mohammed Rafi who had gone out for some time. But when he returned, all his family members had died. “It was raining a lot, I was out of the house to get milk,” Mohammed Rafi said. But when I returned, it was all over.There were 9 of us living in the family. I had my wife, a brother, and six children. The condition of the house was fine, had there been any issue we would have vacated the house. Mohammad expressed his grief that only God knows how this happened suddenly.

Siddiqui, a local present at the spot, said the incident took place around 10 pm.

"The incident took place around 10:15 pm. I came out after two persons asked us to leave the building. As I was rushing out, I saw three buildings including a dairy had demolished near our building," he said.

At least 11 people, including eight minors, lost their lives after a residential structure collapsed on Wednesday night. As many as 18 people have been rescued safely, while seven people have been injured in the incident. Rescue operations are still underway.

Names of those killed in the accident-
1. Sahil Sarfaraz Syed (9 years)
2. Arifa Sheikh (9 years)
3. Shafiq Mohammad Salim Siddiqui (45 years)
4. Tousif Shafiq Siddiqui (15 years)
5. Elisha Shafiq Siddiqui (10 years)
6. Alfisa Shafiq Siddiqui (one and a half years)
7. Afina Shafiq Siddiqui (6 years)
8. Ishrat Bano Shafiq Siddiqui (40 years)
9. Rahisa Banu Rafiq Siddiqui (40 years)
10. Tahes Safiq Siddiqui (12 years)
11. John Iranna (13 years)

Names of the injured in the accident-
1. Marikumari Hirangana (30 years) is in critical condition
2. Dhanalakshmi Baby (36 years) Stable
3. Salim Sheikh (49 years) is stable
4. Rizwan Syed (33 years) is stable
5. Suryamani Yadav (39 years) is stable
6. Karim Khan (30 years) is stable
7. Gulzar Ahmed Ansari (26 years) is stable