Five injured in partial collapse of house

Mumbai, Jan 12 (PTI) Five persons were injured on Sunday when a portion of the upper floor of a single-storey house collapsed in Jogeshwari area of Mumbai, Fire Brigade officials said.

The incident occurred in a chawl (a building containing several tenements) in Jogeshwari (east).

The five injured persons, including two women and a girl, are identified as Lalina Vikram Bhati (26), Vikram Bhati (28), Nitin Mhahmunkar (42), Fancy Bhati (35) and Latika Bhati (11).

Lalina Bhati was admitted to a hospital, while others were discharged after treatment, officials said.

The exact cause behind the collapse is being investigated. PTI ZA NSK