<p> Thane: A portion of a two-storey building, which had been declared 'dangerous', collapsed in Bhiwandi town of Maharashtra's Thane district, civic officials said on Wednesday.</p>.<p> Six persons were rescued from the building after the incident which occurred at around 10 pm on Tuesday, Bhiwandi Nizampur Municipal Corporation's disaster management cell chief Raju Warlikar told <em>PTI</em>.</p>.<p>The building, located at the Bhandari compound and having 15 tenements, had been declared as dangerous and unfit for occupation, he said.</p>.6 dead as lift of under-construction building collapses in Thane .<p>The owner of the building had been asked to ensure it was vacated, he said.</p>.<p>Some persons came to sleep on its first floor on Tuesday night when the staircase of the second floor collapsed, the official said.</p> <p>After being alerted, local fire personnel and the disaster management team rushed to the spot.</p>.<p>Bhiwandi civic commissioner Ajay Vaidya monitored the rescue work.</p> <p>"The remaining portion of the staircase was razed after the incident and the work of pulling down the building would be taken up on Wednesday", Warlikar said.</p> <p>"We have strict instructions to vacate the dangerous buildings before the monsoon and also get them razed. We will do the same in this case also," he said. </p>
<p> Thane: A portion of a two-storey building, which had been declared 'dangerous', collapsed in Bhiwandi town of Maharashtra's Thane district, civic officials said on Wednesday.</p>.<p> Six persons were rescued from the building after the incident which occurred at around 10 pm on Tuesday, Bhiwandi Nizampur Municipal Corporation's disaster management cell chief Raju Warlikar told <em>PTI</em>.</p>.<p>The building, located at the Bhandari compound and having 15 tenements, had been declared as dangerous and unfit for occupation, he said.</p>.6 dead as lift of under-construction building collapses in Thane .<p>The owner of the building had been asked to ensure it was vacated, he said.</p>.<p>Some persons came to sleep on its first floor on Tuesday night when the staircase of the second floor collapsed, the official said.</p> <p>After being alerted, local fire personnel and the disaster management team rushed to the spot.</p>.<p>Bhiwandi civic commissioner Ajay Vaidya monitored the rescue work.</p> <p>"The remaining portion of the staircase was razed after the incident and the work of pulling down the building would be taken up on Wednesday", Warlikar said.</p> <p>"We have strict instructions to vacate the dangerous buildings before the monsoon and also get them razed. We will do the same in this case also," he said. </p>