MUMBAI, September 23: Three members of a family, including two women, were killed and three others seriously injured in a house collapse in malkapur town of buldhana district yesterday.The deceased were identified as rahejabi shaikh hussain (45), his wife hasinabi shaikh hussan (32) and daughter rohinabi hussan (16).
Body of a woman was also fished out from girna river, the report said. Meanwhile, a massive rescue operation has been launched for the seven missing passengers of a bus, which was washed away by flood waters of river waghur at neri in jamner taluka of jalgaon district yesterday.
While two passengers died, 21 of them had managed to swim to safety, the report said. In another incident, a woman was injured at bodvad in a house collapse due to heavy rains.
The incessant rains have damaged around 50 mud houses and destroyed standing crops in pimpalgaon in jamner taluka, the report added.
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