印度頻繁發生樓房倒塌事件

An apartment building has collapsed in the outskirts of India's financial capital, killing 10 people, including five children, and injuring nine other people.

Officials say the three-story building collapsed early Friday in the Thane area on the outskirts of Mumbai while many of its residents were asleep.

Police say emergency workers have rescued 20 people from the rubble and are continuing efforts to find more survivors. The cause of the collapse is under investigation.

Building collapses are common in India because builders often use substandard materials, and multi-story structures are often built without adequate supervision.

Less than two weeks ago, 10 people were killed when another building collapsed in Mumbai.

In April, 74 people died in one of the worst building disasters in India's history when a building being illegally constructed gave in.印度金融中心孟買郊區的一座公寓樓房倒塌，導致十人喪生，其中包括5名兒童。另有9人受傷。

官員們說，這座三層樓建築星期五早晨在孟買市郊賽恩區坍塌，當時許多居民還在睡覺。
警方表示，緊急救援人員從瓦礫中救出20人，目前仍在繼續尋找倖存者。樓房倒塌的原因正在調查中。

在印度，由於建築商經常使用不合格的材料蓋房，所以經常發生樓房倒塌的事件。

不到兩個星期前，孟買另外一座樓房倒塌，導致10人喪生。

今年四月，印度發生歷史上最嚴重的違章建築樓房倒塌事件，74人喪生。