The 42-years-old residential building housed some 18 families and about 75 residents. According to a report by ANI, it was a teenager who was binge watching a web series at the time who managed to get the residents out to safety. The young boy, Kunal Mohite, told ANI that he was watching a show till the wee hours of the morning when he saw a part of one of the kitchens in the building collapse. They had noWhile the residents of the Dombivli building may have unhurt, Maharashtra, especially Mumbai and Thane, have a long history of old, dilapidated buildings collapsing. In March, the Maharashtra Legislative Council was informed that incidents of building collapse claimed 106 lives in Mumbai from 2015 to 2019.

Source: Dhaka Tribune October 31, 2020 13:30 UTC