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Twelve dead, 60 injured in India billboard collapse

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NDRF personnel look for survivors during a rescue operation at the site where a billboard collapsed in Mumbai on May 13, 2024. [AFP]

Twelve people were killed and at least 60 injured after a billboard collapsed during a fierce storm in India's financial capital Mumbai, officials said Monday.

An excavator was digging through the wreckage as rescuers raced to find any survivors after the signage collapsed at a petrol station in the city's east, trapping dozens of people underneath.

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