Authorities are scrambling to rescue survivors from the rubble of a three-story building that collapsed in a working-class neighborhood of Mumbai Thursday morning.
Three people were killed and 12 have been rescued, with eight sent to the hospital, Mumbai police spokesman Rashmi Karandikar told CNN.
“We are still assessing how many people might have been trapped,” Karandikar said.
It is the second significant building collapse to hit Mumbai this summer. More than a dozen people were killed when a five-story building collapsed in the Ghatkopar neighborhood in July.
A wall collapse at a wedding in May killed another 24.
Deadly infrastructure accidents are not unusual in India. Critics say construction projects often lack proper oversight and safety controls.
Thursday’s collapse, however, comes after heavy rains and flooding in Mumbai this week have killed at least five people.
Authorities would not say if the incident is connected to the inclement weather.
South Asia has seen a historic amount of rain and flooding this month, the height of monsoon season.
More than 1,200 have been killed in India and Bangladesh and some 41 million have been affected, according to the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. Nepal has also been hit hard.
