Massive Billboard Collapses on Massive Billboard Collapses on Gas Station, Homes, Cars during Thunderstorm in Mumbai, India: At least 14 People Killed, More than 70 Injured [#BillboardCollapse #MumbaiBillboardCollapse]Gas Station, Homes, Cars during Thunderstorm in Mumbai, India: At least 14 People Killed, More than 70 Injured [#BillboardCollapse]
Massive Billboard Collapses on Gas Station, Homes, Cars during Thunderstorm in Mumbai, India: At least 14 People Killed, More than 70 Injured [#BillboardCollapse #MumbaiBillboardCollapse]
Rescue crews used excavators to clear mangled metal wreckage in their final search for survivors trapped beneath a billboard that collapsed in Mumbai, India’s financial hub, killing at least 14 people.
The billboard, which was larger than an Olympic-sized swimming pool, crushed a gas station, homes, and cars during a thunderstorm on Monday, trapping over 100 people, according to authorities.
Rescuers worked all night to pull victims from the debris on the side of a main arterial road in the Mumbai district of Ghatkopar.
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), the city’s civic body, reported that 75 wounded people were rescued and 14 bodies were discovered.
The agency that owned the billboard did not have a BMC permit, according to a statement. The hoarding measured around 1,338 square metres (14,400 square feet), which was 9 times the maximum permissible size.
The BMC stated that it has directed the agency to remove all of its hoardings immediately.
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