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15 die in India’s building collapse

By AFP
September 22, 2020

BHIWANDI, India: At least 15 people were killed and up to 25 still feared trapped on Monday after a three-storey apartment block collapsed in western India, officials said. Local residents cheered as emergency workers from the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) pulled 20 survivors — including two boys aged four and seven — from the rubble of the building in Bhiwandi, near Mumbai.