Thane : One garment worker and two others were injured when a two-storied building housing a garment factory collapsed after midnight in Bhiwandi near Thane.
Additional police commissioner Himmat Rao Deshbhartar said there were 45 workers inside the building out of which 15 survived. The rest are feared trapped inside the rubble. Their number is said to be 25.
One of the survivors said there was illegal construction going on for a third floor, when there was a sudden rumbling and the three-year-old building collapsed.
Most of the migrant workers inside the building jumped to save their lives.
The building is located on a 1 lakh sq feet compound.