Death toll from India building collapse jumps to 20

National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) officials search for survivors as people help clear the rubble after a three-storey building collapsed in Bhiwandi, on the outskirts of Mumbai, India. It was reported on Tuesday (Sept 22) that 20 people has so far died from the incident. - Reuters

MUMBAI, Sept 22 (AFP): The death toll from an apartment block collapse in western India climbed to 20 Tuesday, with more bodies likely to be recovered, officials said, as rescuers searched for survivors.

Emergency workers from the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) have pulled 20 survivors -- including two boys aged four and seven -- from the rubble of the building in Bhiwandi, near Mumbai.