The bodies were extricated from the rubble after a search of more than four hours (Representational)
Thane:
Five persons including three women were killed after slabs of an illegal residential building in Ulhasnagar township in Thane district of Maharashtra collapsed on Saturday, officials said.
Eleven others were rescued.
The body of Sandhya Dodwal, 45, was recovered from the debris late at night, said Santosh Kadam, chief of the regional disaster management cell, Thane Municipal Corporation.
The incident took place at ground-plus-four-storey "Manorama" building located in camp no 1 around 1.40 pm.
A slab on the fourth floor came crashing down on other slabs which all landed on the ground floor, trapping people in the process, Mr Kadam said.