Miraculous escape for 50 kids

Mumbai: About 50 children had a narrow escape on Thursday when the building collapsed some 20 minutes before their playschool was to start for the day. The school functioned on the ground floor of the building.

The structure collapsed just about 20 minutes before the school was to start at 9 am, a parent said. The Mumbai resident was taking his child to the pre-school when he saw the building crumble.

"I came down from my house, located opposite Hussaini Building, to drop my child to the playgroup when we saw the structure come crashing down like a pack of cards," he said.