Two shanties collapse in Thane city; no casualties

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Two shanties collapsed in Maharashtra's Thane city on Sunday and no casualties were reported in the incident, a civic official said.

The incident took place in Lokmanya Nagar Pada area around 2 pm, said Avinash Sawant, chief of the regional disaster management Cell (RDMC).

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The walls of one of the shanties collapsed, causing the house next to it to also fall, he said, adding that three adjacent houses were also in a precarious condition.

Local firemen and a team of the RDMC rushed to the scene to render assistance, the official said.

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