MUMBAI: An apartment block collapsed in Mumbai’s outskirts on Friday, killing at least 10 people and trapping more in the debris, the latest incident to fuel concerns about the quality of construction in the booming Indian city.

Rescue workers were using hand-held wire cutters and excavators to search for survivors through the rubble after the building on Mumbai’s outskirts collapsed, while many of its residents were sleeping, officials said.

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