Nine injured as two-storey house collapses in Maharashtra's Nashik

Eight women and a child suffered injuries in the incident, officials said. Representational Pic/File

Nine people, including eight women, were reportedly injured when a two-storey house collapsed in Maharashtra's Nashik city, officials said on Thursday, reported the PTI.

The incident occurred around 9.30 pm on Wednesday in the Old Nashik city area, they said.

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According to police officials, one Anwar Sheikh owned a two-storey house in the Khadkali area. He had rented out the premises to the family of Shama Yusuf Khan.
Khan's daughters and grandchildren were visiting her when the house collapsed, the official said, as per the PTI.

After being alerted, the fire brigade rushed six fire tenders to the spot and launched an operation to pull the victims from the debris, the official said.

Eight women and a child suffered injuries in the accident. They were taken to the district hospital, where they are in a stable condition, he said, the news agency reported.

A four-wheeler parked near the house got crushed under the rubble, the official added.

Woman injured after ceiling collapses in Navi Mumbai's Nerul building

Meanwhile, in an another incident in Navi Mumbai on Wednesday, a 22-year-old pregnant woman had a narrow escape after the ceiling of her flat caved in at Nerul's NL-2 Vighnaharta Co-operative Housing Society, Sector-1, around 5.30 am on Wednesday.

The victim, Arze Usman Ali, was fast asleep when the slab suddenly came crashing down.

"I was sleeping when I heard a loud sound and within seconds the ceiling fell. I felt a sharp pain and started bleeding. It was terrifying because I am pregnant. Thankfully, neighbours rushed me to hospital in time," she told mid-day. Umar Ali, the victim's husband, said that he was sleeping on the floor while his wife was on the bed. The ceiling fell on her while she was asleep, he said.

Arze was first taken to Nerul's Meenatai Thackeray Hospital and later shifted to NMMC Hospital in Vashi, where doctors administered six stitches before discharging her. Eyewitness Nikhil Gawde, a resident of the society, said, "This building has already been declared C1 and is awaiting redevelopment. Elections for the redevelopment process are underway. Continuous rainfall for the past five days weakened the structure further, leading to the collapse."

(with PTI inputs)