Two killed, 6 injured as building slab collapses in Navi Mumbai
The third-floor ceiling slab of the four-storey Tulsi Bhavan building located at Shirsole in Nerul collapsed at around 8.50 pm on Wednesday. Locals gather near the collapsed ceiling slab of Tulsi Bhavan building at Nerul, in Navi Mumbai, Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023. THANE: Two persons were killed and six others injured when the slab of a 20-year-old residential building collapsed in Nerul area of Navi Mumbai, fire brigade officials said on Thursday. The third-floor ceiling slab of the four-storey Tulsi Bhavan building located at Shirsole in Nerul collapsed at around 8.50 pm on Wednesday, they said. The slab came crashing down on the second and first floors, killing a labourer and another person, divisional fire officer Purushottam Jadhav said. The building has four wings and the slab collapsed in its ‘B’ wing, he said. Some civil work was underway on the third floor when the slab collapsed, said another fire official. The building has a tailoring shop on the ground floor and the sh...