Portion Of Residential Building Collapses In Pune, 2 Critically Injured, Rescue Ops Underway

Pune fire brigade rescued 2 people while 2 were injured after a wall of a building collapsed in Pune.

Pune: After a portion of a dilapidated residential structure collapsed in Nana Petha, fire brigade managed to rescue people from under the rubbles where 4 were found to be injured. Out of the four people rescued, two were critically injured and taken to a nearby hospital according to officials. The incident took place last night in Nana Petha area in the city of Pune.

Fire Brigade officials said on Tuesday that the building structure collapsed in Maharashtra’s Pune city following heavy rains.

Maharashtra | 2 injured and 2 rescued after a wall of two-storey building collapsed in Nana Peth area of Pune city, late last* night: Pune Fire Brigade pic.twitter.com/u8bqEtkc0J

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The dilapidated ‘wada’ collapsed around Monday midnight in Nana Peth area of Pune. Wada is an old cluster of houses with many rooms. The Pune Municipal Corporation had earlier issued notices to 478 wadas which were in a dangerous condition. Out of these, 28 were also demolished by the PMC, according to a civic official.

Pune has been witnessing heavy showers for the last few days.

(With agency inputs)