BBC News: “At least nine people have been killed in the collapse of a building on the outskirts of the Indian city of Mumbai.
More people are trapped inside the three-storey building in Thane district, 35km (20 miles) from Mumbai. Rescue operations are continuing.
The cause of the collapse in not known, but correspondents say such incidents are common in India and often blamed on poor construction practices.
In April, 74 people were killed in another building collapsed in Thane.
And earlier this month, four people were killed when a five-storey building collapsed in Mumbai.
The latest incident happened early on Friday when the residential building caved in, officials said.
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India’s deadly collapses
4 April 2013: 74 die in Thane, near Mumbai
19 Dec 2012: 13 die in Wagholi, Maharashtra
24 Sept 2012: 6 die in Pune, Maharashtra
15 April 2012: 23 workers killed in blanket factory collapse in Jalandhar
16 Nov 2010: 69 killed and more than 80 injured in Delhi
18 Aug 2010: School building collapse kills 18 children in Uttarakhand
26 Jan 2010: 23 killed in Bellary, Karnataka
23 Sept 2009: Chimney of a power plant in Chhattisgarh caves in, 40 killed
13 Aug 2008: 20 die in Mumbai
18 July 2007: 29 killed in Mumbai”
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