Thane: Protection wall of housing society collapses, no casualties reported

Protection wall of a housing society in Thane city of Maharashtra collapsed on Saturday, but nobody was injured in the incident, civic officials said.

The housing society is located in Chandanwadi area, Thane Municipal Corporation’s disaster management cell Yasin Tadvi said. The incident was reported around 2 pm, after which teams of fire brigade personnel and the regional disaster management cell rushed to the spot and cleared the debris. The wall was 25×7 feet, he said.

Due to the collapsed wall, a tree standing next to it tilted. It is now posing a danger, Tadvi added. The area around the fallen wall has been sealed as a precautionary measure, he said. 

Earlier, On Tuesday The protection wall of a civic school collapsed in Maharashtra’s Thane city on Tuesday and no one was injured in the incident, a civic official said. The protection wall of the school building collapsed and the remaining portion of the wall is in a precarious state, he said.