2013 Mumbai building collapse
{{Short description|Building collapse in Mumbai, India}}
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| title = 2013 Mumbai building collapse
| date = 27 September 2013
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| place = Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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The 2013 Mumbai building collapse occurred on 27 September 2013 when a five-storey building collapsed in the Mazagaon area of Mumbai city in Maharashtra a state in India. At least 61 people died and 32 others were injured in the disaster.{{cite news |author=PTI |author-link=Press Trust of India | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Mumbai-building-collapse-Death-toll-rises-to-61-rescue-operations-over/articleshow/23244883.cms | title=Mumbai building collapse: Death toll rises to 61; rescue operations 'over' | newspaper=Times of India | date=29 September 2013 | accessdate=29 September 2013}}
Collapse
The building, which collapsed at 6{{nbsp}}a.m. IST on 27 September 2013, had more than 100 residents.{{cite news |author=Neha Thirani Bagri and Gardiner Harris| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/28/world/asia/scores-feared-trapped-in-collapse-of-mumbai-building.html?_r=0 | title=Scores Feared Trapped in Collapse of Mumbai Building | newspaper=The New York Times | date=27 September 2013 | accessdate=28 September 2013}} Police said that the collapse occurred after a mezzanine floor was built without permission in an office-warehouse on the ground floor of the building.{{cite news |author=V. Narayan and Bhavika Jain, TNN |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/3-BMC-men-held-for-Mazgaon-crash/articleshow/23386268.cms |title=3 BMC men held for Mazgaon crash |newspaper=Times of India |date=2 October 2013 |accessdate=2 October 2013}} The 32-year-old building was owned by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation.{{cite news |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Mumbai-building-collapse-Death-toll-rises-to-42-several-still-feared-trapped/articleshow/23214085.cms | title=Mumbai building collapse: Death toll rises to 42, several still feared trapped | newspaper=Times of India | date=28 September 2013 | accessdate=28 September 2013}} Three officials in its civic markets department were arrested for not acting on reports that the building was unsound after the renovation works.
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