By Rajendra Jadhav, Reuters
A five-story apartment block collapsed on Friday in the Indian financial center of Mumbai, killing at least four people and trapping scores in the latest accident to underscore shoddy building standards in Asia's third-largest economy.
The building collapsed at about 5:45 a.m. local time (8:30 p.m. ET Thursday) and more than 110 people were still trapped by early afternoon, said Ram Barot, an official of the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai. The corporation's employees were housed in the building.
A neighbor in the next block said she heard a loud cracking sound as the building caved in.
"As dust settled, I realized BMC building was gone," the neighbor, Catherine James, told Reuters. Full story.
