6 die, 3 hurt in building collapse in Mumbai

NEW DELHI (AP) — Police say a three-story building has collapsed in Mumbai, India's financial capital, killing at least six people and injuring three others.

K.P. Raghuvanshi, police commissioner, says rescuers are searching for three people feared trapped in the debris of the building, which came down early Friday in Mumbai's Thane district.

The cause was not immediately known but Mumbai has been hit with heavy monsoon rains.

Building collapses are common in India because builders often use substandard materials and multistory structures are often built with inadequate supervision.

Ten days ago, another building collapse in Mumbai left 10 people dead.

In April, 74 people were killed when an eight-story building being constructed illegally in Thane caved in. It was the country's worst building collapse in decades.