Navi Mumbai building collapse: Man's body recovered from debris

NAVI MUMBAI: The fire brigade team on Sunday morning found a man's body while carrying out search and rescue operation for trapped residents, if any, by clearing the heaps of debris accumulated after the collapse of a portion of a three-storey Vaishnavi Apartment building in Bonkode village of Koparkhairane late on Saturday evening.


According to Purushottam Jadhav, divisional officer of Vashi fire brigade, the man found dead under the debris has been identified as Priyavart Dutt (31).

He said, "After receiving the emergency call at 10.50pm about a building collapse in Bonkode village, our fire brigade rescue team searched in the heaps of debris of the collapsed structure, to find whether any resident was trapped underneath. However, the residents claimed that they had evacuated the building in the afternoon, as the building was old and dilapidated. Still, we continued the search for around six hours. On Monday around 6.40am, we found the body of a man while searching under the debris."