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2 Killed, Dozens Trapped in Mumbai Building Collapse

Anjana Pasricha

   NEW DELHI - At least two people were killed when a four-story
   residential building collapsed on Tuesday in India's financial capital
   Mumbai. Dozens are trapped in the rubble.

   Teams from the national disaster response force and firefighters are
   racing to extricate those buried under the debris. Located in a maze of
   crowded, narrow lanes, rescue crews had to access the site by foot,
   parking vehicles some distance away. Local volunteers joined the
   effort, trying to remove the rubble by hand.

   A young child and a woman were among the handful that were pulled to
   safety and taken to hospital in the hours after the collapse.

   Eyewitnesses said the building, which was in a dilapidated condition,
   came crashing down after a loud thud was heard shortly before noon.
   Heavy rains in the city had inundated the area.

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