28 June,2023 05:04 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
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A 30-year-old Goregaon resident died after branches of a tree fell on a house in Old BMC Colony on Wednesday afternoon, official said.
The incident was reported by Mumbai Fire Brigade.
Premlal Nirmal (30) was declared brought dead on arrival at a private hospital.
"Tree branches fell on a house and the injured person was rushed to a nearby private hospital," said BMC release.
In a similar incident, a 38-year-old man died after a tree fell on him at Malad on Wednesday morning.
In the 24 hours since previous morning, there were 26 incidents of tree fall, 15 incidents of short-circuit and five incidents of collapse or partial collapse of houses, the BMC said.
In Thane, a 36-year-old woman was injured when a portion of a single-storey chawl (tenement) collapsed on Tuesday evening in Mahagiri Koliwada area, authorities said.
The protection wall of a housing society in Chandanwadi locality collapsed around 11 on Wednesday morning due to heavy rains but nobody was injured in the incident.
(with inputs from agencies)
