Two bodies have been pulled from the rubble in Mumbai, India, after a building collapsed today following torrential rain.
Rescue workers have rescued eight survivors but fear more than 30 people are still trapped within the five-storey building.
Police said nine families were living in the building when it collapsed in the Dongri neighbourhood.
Television images showed people on top of the debris, looking for those trapped as rescue personnel reached the spot.
A fire official said: “Rescue operations are already underway. We have sent 12 fire brigade vehicles to the spot. Ambulances are also ready to take the victims to the hospital.”
A National Disaster Response Force team was also involved in the rescue operations.
Police suspected the heavy rains that lashed the could have weakened the building.
The area is full of narrow streets with closely packed buildings, some nearly a century old and in poor condition.
Last month, 17 people were killed when a four-storey building collapsed in an eastern suburb of Mumbai.