MUMBAI, May 14, 2024 (BSS/AFP) - Twelve people were killed and at least 60injured after a billboard collapsed during a fierce storm in India'sfinancial capital Mumbai, officials said Monday. Eight bodies had already been removed from the wreckage, Gaurav Chauhan, aninspector with the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), said. Earlier, a statement from municipal authorities said that 60 people had beenrescued and admitted to hospital. The collapsed billboard measured 70 by 50 metres, according to a post onsocial media platform X by Mumbai's police force. A "high-level inquiry has been ordered into the incident," Fadnavis said in apost on X.

Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha May 14, 2024 03:57 UTC