Pune, July 11 -- The death toll in the building collapse incident in Pimpri-Chinchwad of Pune district rose to eight on Saturday after the bodies of seven more persons trapped inside the collapsed administrative building of the Waste-to-Energy project were recovered during the fourth day of the search and rescue operation. The search for one missing person is still underway.

The incident occurred on July 8 at around 1:30 pm when a massive heap of garbage collapsed onto the administrative building at the Moshi landfill site.

According to an official statement released by the PRO of PCMC, a total of 23 people were trapped in the incident, including 22 inside the building and one beneath the adjacent garbage mound. Five people managed to e...