indicating the death toll could soar higher in the coming hours and days. The building collapsed just after 6 a.m. near Dockyard Road in the city's southeast. Awasthi said that it was owned by the Bri Archives

By KAY JOHNSON A local and Indian Fire officials look for survivors from the debris of a collapsed building in Mumbai, India, Friday, Sept. 27, 2013. The multi-story residential building…

Tagged: and in June, and that most of the people who lived in its 22 apartments were city employees. Mumbai has already seen two similar disasters this year. At least 72 people died in April when an illegally constructed , as heavy machinery lifted the largest slabs of concrete away. Dozens of rescue workers hacked away with crowbars at the flattened remains of what was once a five-story building. At least three people , at least 10 people, baby" as rescuers pulled a small girl alive from the rubble 11 hours after the collapse. It was the third deadly building collapse in six months in Mumbai, buildings falling down have become relatively common. Massive demand for housing around India's fast-growing cities combined with pervasive corruption often result in contractors cutting corners by us, Carlos Nelson, Cascade Media Group, CMG, died when a three-story building collapsed. Across India, Exclusive, in a country where shoddy construction and lax inspections make such disasters all too common. Relatives of the missing wailed and clung to one another, including five children, India (AP) — A residential building collapsed in India's financial capital of Mumbai early Friday, indicating the death toll could soar higher in the coming hours and days. The building collapsed just after 6 a.m. near Dockyard Road in the city's southeast. Awasthi said that it was owned by the Bri, Instagram@ cascademediagroup, Kansas City, killing at least three people and sending rescuers racing to reach dozens of people feared trapped in the rubble. At least 25 people were rescued by late afternoon. Hundreds of onlookers cheered and c, latest news, local commander of the National Disaster Response Force. "Approximately 80 to 90 people are believed to be left behind in the building and trapped, Mumbai, news, said Alok Awasthi, the city's municipal government, The Game Changer, The Wave of the future, twitter @whatsupkansascity, Whats up Kansas City, www.61a.162.myftpupload.com

indicating the death toll could soar higher in the coming hours and days. The building collapsed just after 6 a.m. near Dockyard Road in the city’s southeast. Awasthi said that it was owned by the Bri

BUILDING COLLAPSES IN INDIA; DOZENS FEARED TRAPPED