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To the rescue in Thane

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By HT Correspondent
Updated On Apr 05, 2013 01:44 pm IST
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Rescue workers carry a child who survived the building collapse in Thane. (Reuters) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
Updated on Apr 05, 2013 01:44 pm IST

Rescue workers carry a child who survived the building collapse in Thane. (Reuters)

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Rescue workers look for trapped people within the debris of the collapsed building in Thane that has claimed 30 lives till now. (AP) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Rescue workers look for trapped people within the debris of the collapsed building in Thane that has claimed 30 lives till now. (AP)

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People crowd around the collapsed building as rescuers carry out search operation. The injured have been shifted to various hospitals in the city. HT/Praful Gangurde expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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People crowd around the collapsed building as rescuers carry out search operation. The injured have been shifted to various hospitals in the city. HT/Praful Gangurde

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Rescuers carry a survivor from what was left of a Thane building that collapsed at 6:30 pm on Thursday. They expect to find more injured trapped within the pile of debris. (Reuters) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Rescuers carry a survivor from what was left of a Thane building that collapsed at 6:30 pm on Thursday. They expect to find more injured trapped within the pile of debris. (Reuters)

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People help fire brigade personnel in the rescue operation. Officials said at least 80 people were present in the building at the time of the incident. HT/Praful Gangurde expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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People help fire brigade personnel in the rescue operation. Officials said at least 80 people were present in the building at the time of the incident. HT/Praful Gangurde

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Fire brigade personnel search for survivors with the help of locals. Officials said several persons could still be trapped under the debris. PTI expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Fire brigade personnel search for survivors with the help of locals. Officials said several persons could still be trapped under the debris. PTI

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Rescuers look for survivors in the debris of the building. The seven-storey building in Shil Dhaigar locality was unauthorised, civic officials said, adding that it was occupied up to at least the fourth floor. PTI expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Rescuers look for survivors in the debris of the building. The seven-storey building in Shil Dhaigar locality was unauthorised, civic officials said, adding that it was occupied up to at least the fourth floor. PTI

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Heart rendering pictures emerge from the scene of the building collapse in Thane, as such survivors are rushed to the hospital. (PTI) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Heart rendering pictures emerge from the scene of the building collapse in Thane, as such survivors are rushed to the hospital. (PTI)

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Rescue workers carry an injured to the hospital after a residential building collapsed in Thane. The building crumbled around 6.30pm in the Shil Dhaigar area. PTI expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Rescue workers carry an injured to the hospital after a residential building collapsed in Thane. The building crumbled around 6.30pm in the Shil Dhaigar area. PTI

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Locals help fire brigade personnel in the rescue operation. Disaster control department official said apart from the over 40 victims rescued many more were suspected to be trapped under the debris. PTI expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
Updated on Apr 05, 2013 01:44 pm IST

Locals help fire brigade personnel in the rescue operation. Disaster control department official said apart from the over 40 victims rescued many more were suspected to be trapped under the debris. PTI

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Fire brigade personnel rescue people from a building which collapsed in Thane. More than 10 persons, including a pregnant woman, were killed and twenty others injured when an under-construction building collapsed in Shil Phata area. PTI expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Fire brigade personnel rescue people from a building which collapsed in Thane. More than 10 persons, including a pregnant woman, were killed and twenty others injured when an under-construction building collapsed in Shil Phata area. PTI

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Rescuers look for survivors in the debris of the collapsed building. Municipal commissioner RA Rajeev and district collector P Velarasu were supervising the relief operations. HT/Praful Gangurde expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Rescuers look for survivors in the debris of the collapsed building. Municipal commissioner RA Rajeev and district collector P Velarasu were supervising the relief operations. HT/Praful Gangurde

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