India, May 27 -- A 35-year-old mother died and her children were injured when a slab of their house collapsed due to heavy rains in Virar on Monday. The dilapidated building had been termed dangerous by the municipal corporation, and Vasai-Virar City Municipal Corporation (VVCMC) immediately issued notices to other residents to vacate it.

The deceased, Lakshmi Singh, a homemaker, was with her seven-month-old baby and three-year-old son in their second-floor apartment when a slab fell on her head, seriously injuring her. Other residents alerted the police and the fire brigade, and after carefully rescuing them from the rubble, Singh and her children were rushed to a private hospital where she died during treatment. Her children narrowly e...