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My neighbours pulled me out minutes before the building collapsed.”Eyewitnesses said a part of the building’s wall collapsed around 8am. The residents were in the process of evacuating, but they got trapped in the debris after the building tilted in the direction of the canal. An inspection of the building revealed that its owner, Subhash Bhandwalkar, had illegally converted the basement meant for parking into the cattle shed. Firemen then joined us.”Anil Bhandwalkar, a relative of the building owner, said, “My uncle, a milk businessman, earlier stayed at Gawali Ali at Mundhwa. PUNE: Eight persons, including four children, were injured on Saturday morning after a two-storied illegal building collapsed at Sambhaji Chowk of Keshavnagar in Mundhwa.Residents pulled out three persons, including a girl, from the debris and rushed them to a private hospital for treatment before the fire brigade could reach the spot..