MUMBAI (AFP) - The death toll from a collapsed apartment block in India rose to 16 overnight as rescuers said on Wednesday (Aug 26) they didn't expect to find anyone else trapped dead or alive in the rubble.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
MUMBAI - The death toll from a collapsed apartment block in India rose to 16 overnight as rescuers said on Wednesday they didn't expect to find anyone else trapped dead or alive in the rubble.
"We are in the final stages and don't expect anyone trapped under the debris," Shiv Kumar, a spokesman for India's National Disaster Response Force, told AFP. Local politician Manik Motiram Jagtap told TV9 Marathi that the building was 10 years old and built on"weak" foundations."It fell like a house of cards," he said.
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