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Palghar: At least two persons were killed and nine others injured while around a dozen are feared trapped after a portion of a building collapsed in the Virar area of Palghar district, nearly 60 kms away from downtown Mumbai on Wednesday.
The building - Ramabai Apartment, a four-storied structure located between Chamunda Nagar and Vijay Nagar on Narangi Road in Virar-East area of Vasai taluka, collapsed around midnight.
Teams of Vasai Virar City Municipal Corporation (VVCMC), Mira-Bhayander Vasai-Virar (MBVV) police and National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) are engaged in the search and rescue (S&R) operation.
The building is around a decade old.
So far nine persons have been rescued and admitted to local hospitals in Virar.
Around a dozen persons are still feared trapped, according to latest reports.
The S&R teams are using gas-cutters to clear off the debris carefully and look for the survivors.