Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], September 4: A girl child was killed and a woman was injured after part of a house collapsed in Mumbai's Chembur area on Wednesday, the officials said. The incident took place in Saraswati Gully near Ekata Mitra Mandal on PL Lokhande Marg in the Chembur (West) area of Mumbai, the civic officials said.

The incident was reported at around 7:29 pm, an official said. According to the officials, a steel channel in a ground-plus-one structure became loosened and fell, leading to the house to partially collapse. Mumbai House Collapse: 1.5-Year-Old Girl Killed, Mother Injured After Slab of Their House in Chawl Collapses in Chembur.

Khushi Salve, a 1.5-year-old child, was declared brought dead and a woman identified as Kavita Salve (35) is currently receiving treatment in the hospital's outpatient department (OPD). More details are awaited. Further investigation is underway.

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