Death toll 25 in collapse of Mumbai apartment building

MUMBAI, Sept. 28 (UPI) -- The death toll rose to 25 Saturday in a building collapse in the Indian city of Mumbai as workers pulled more survivors from the debris, officials said.

The four-story building, which housed the families of 21 employees of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corp., collapsed about 5:45 a.m. Friday, trapping many people inside, the Hindustan Times reported.

Rescue operations were carried Friday night into Saturday morning.

BMC -- which owns the structure -- blamed the collapse on a decorating firm, which it said had made structural changes to the ground floor.

Officials said they were made aware of the need to make repairs on the building in July. The cost of the renovations had been estimated at $200,000.