The incident occurred on Tuesday evening at a ground plus five-storey building located in Camp no 2 near a temple
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At least three persons, including a seven-year-old girl, were injured when the slab of their flat collapsed in Ulhasnagar township in Thane district of Maharashtra, a civic official said on Wednesday.
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The incident occurred on Tuesday evening at a ground plus five-storey building located in Camp no 2 near a temple, a senior official said.
"The slab collapsed when the building repair work was underway. The injured persons are residents of a ground floor flat. They are undergoing treatment at a hospital and are out of danger," Thane Municipal Corporation Regional Disaster Management Cell (RDMC) chief Santosh Kadam told reporters.
He said a relief and rescue operation was carried out by firemen and RDMC personnel. The building is evacuated by civic authorities.
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