Mumbai : Three people, including two children, were killed and several others feared trapped after a three-storey building collapsed in adjoining Thane district early today.

The Shakuntala building, located in Mumbra locality of Thane collapsed around 2:30 am, civic sources said. Six people have so far been rescued.

Six fire tenders have been rushed to the spot and rescue work is in progress, the sources said.

The incident comes two months after another building in Mumbra collapsed, killing over 70 people.