In a tragic incident, a five-year-old was killed and three others were injured after a portion of the slab in a shop collapsed in Kurla on Monday, February 28.
According to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), the incident took place at around 2:30 pm on the ground plus one structure on Ram Manohar Lohia Marg near Vinoba Bhave Nagar Police Station in Kurla (West).
Reports stated that a portion of the slab in a shop on the first floor collapsed on an eatery below in Kurla. The victims were in the eatery below.
This was an MHADA regulated building and ground one plus structure.
The deceased boy was identified as Afan Khan while three others -- Rafiq Shaikh (46), Irfan Khan (33) and Mohammed Jikran (06) -- were injured and were admitted to the civic-run Rajawadi and Bhabha Hospitals.
The officials are investigating if there were any illegalities in the structure in question.
Earlier, on the same day, a Level 2 fire broke out at a high rise in Mumbai's Kanjurmarg area. However, no injuries or causalities were reported. As per fire brigade officials, the building was 11-storeyed and the fire was brought under control at 3.15 pm. It was completely doused at 3.30 pm.
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