Disasters · Construction slab collapseChikalthana building collapse: One worker trapped in October 30 police accountAired October 30, 2026 at 7:57 AM UTCWritten October 30, 2026 at 8:03 AM UTCRead the write-upThis storyTranscript · LOADING0:07A concrete slab collapsed onto workers during a pour.0:09Police said one worker remained beneath the debris as the search continued into0:13October thirty.0:14Two injured workers had been taken to hospital, and hardened concrete was blocking0:17rescuers' access.0:19Whether crews reached the workers still underneath remains unresolved.0:22The building stands on Jalna Road in Chikalthana, in Maharashtra's Chhatrapati0:26Sambajinagar.0:27The construction site is beside the weekly market.0:29Workers were pouring concrete at an unfinished commercial building when the slab0:33gave way.0:33The collapse happened on the evening of October29,20206.0:38It reportedly happened around seven thirty.0:40Rescuers worked into the following day, confronting tightly packed rubble and0:43concrete that had hardened around the collapsed material.0:46One worker remained beneath the debris in the police account published at twelve0:49twenty, two on October thirty.0:51That dates the search status.0:53It doesn't tell us what happened to him afterward, and a final outcome is still0:56unknown.0:57Senior police inspector G.0:58S.0:59Rare from CIDCUNIDC placed four workers at the lower level.1:03Two were injured and taken to hospital.1:04One came out safely, and one remained underneath.1:07About fifteen workers had been at the site, and Rayer said eight to nine escaped.1:11Initially, three to four workers were thought to be beneath the collapsed material.1:14By the following day, police placed the number remaining there at one.1:18Three workers were described as rescued, including the man who came out safely.1:22That description doesn't mean rescuers physically pulled all three from the rubble.1:25The hospital transfers, the man safely out, and the escape figures overlap.1:29They can't be added together, and the approximate numbers don't account individually1:33for everyone at the site.1:34The total number injured is still unclear.1:37Earlier figures ranged from three lightly injured workers to four injured workers.1:41The two hospital transfers don't tell us whether other workers had lesser injuries1:45or how those earlier figures overlap.1:47No deaths had been confirmed by that stage.1:49The workers' medical condition remains unknown.1:52The building was also described earlier as a residential and commercial complex,1:55while the later description called it a commercial building under construction.1:58The slab's level is described differently too.2:01One description places it at the first floor roof.2:04Another calls it a ground floor slab.2:06Iron support pipes reportedly bent during the pour, but engineers haven't confirmed2:10that explanation.2:11The cause and responsibility for site safety remain unresolved.2:14A slab falling with iron rods doesn't by itself show that its support pipes bent.2:18Those are different details, and the preliminary explanation still needs an2:21engineering finding.2:22Crews brought in JCB machines, cranes, and two pocklin excavators to clear material.2:27A canine unit assisted the search.2:29Firefighters, police, municipal workers, and medical personnel responded, while2:33senior police officers visited and helped guide the operation.2:36The machinery faced a physical obstacle.2:38The rubble had become tightly compacted, and the concrete had hardened.2:42Rare said crews were working continuously to get the trapped worker out safely.2:46Rare said the compacted debris was making the rescue difficult.2:49He also said his teams were confident they would succeed.2:52That was his assessment while the search continued into October30.2:55The workers' fate remains unknown.Explore with HeyDexFollow via RSS
