Overview

• Authorities said two more bodies were found on Thursday, raising the death toll to 17, as teams verify whether anyone else remains trapped.
• The rear wing of the four-storey Ramabai Apartment collapsed around 12:05 am Wednesday onto a vacant chawl during a one-year-old’s birthday on the fourth floor, according to eyewitnesses.
• The Vasai-Virar civic body has termed the building illegal, and police arrested developer Nittal Gopinath Sane following a municipal complaint under planning and culpable-homicide provisions.
• Two NDRF teams, fire services and civic crews led rescues that began manually because narrow lanes blocked heavy machinery, which was later brought in for debris removal.
• Six injured people are being treated in local hospitals, nearby structures were evacuated, and displaced families have been sheltered at Chandansar Samajmandir with food, water and medical aid.