Overview
- A three‑storey house in Lahore’s Harbanspura area gave way during a family birthday on Wednesday night, leaving 11 people dead and six injured while Rescue 1122 pulled 17 people from the rubble and continued searches for anyone still trapped.
- A portion of the four‑storey Kohinoor Building in Bhiwandi, Thane district, collapsed late Thursday night during repair work; rescue teams from the NDRF, local fire brigades and police have recovered multiple bodies and say several people remain feared trapped.
- Both sites showed signs of pre‑existing danger: the Bhiwandi block had been formally declared ‘dangerous’ by the municipal corporation and the Lahore house was described as dilapidated with mud and T‑shaped iron girders.
- Emergency responses have deployed heavy machinery, sniffer dogs and ambulances and provincial leaders have ordered investigations and directed hospitals to treat the injured as officials continue on‑site recovery operations.
- These collapses follow other recent monsoon‑season failures, including a June tuition‑centre roof collapse in Lahore that killed 14 children, renewing calls for safety audits, stricter enforcement of evacuation notices and closer oversight of repair work on unsafe buildings.