Eight injured as crane topples onto houses in Mumbai’s Kurla

Eight injured as crane topples onto houses in Mumbai's Kurla According to the BMC's Sion Hospital, six injured persons have been admitted and all are in stable condition.

Key points

• Eight persons were injured after a crane toppled onto houses in Mumbai's Kurla East area on Friday (August 21, 2026) morning.
• The incident occurred in the wee hours of the day at Buntara Bhavan, Mhada Building, behind Galaxy Apartment, Indira Nagar, Kurla (East).
• A sizeable crane collapsed on a house in Qureshi Nagar, Kurla on Friday.
• According to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's L-ward staff present at the site, the housing body MHADA was preparing to launch an "eviction and demolition operation" there.
• According to the BMC's Sion Hospital, six injured persons have been admitted and all are in stable condition.

Notably, a sizeable crane collapsed on a house in Qureshi Nagar, Kurla on Friday. (Screengrab: X/@ANI).

In practice, the incident occurred in the wee hours of the day at Buntara Bhavan, Mhada Building, behind Galaxy Apartment, Indira Nagar, Kurla (East).

In practice, a crane was being mounted for the operation when it toppled onto nearby houses, leaving eight persons injured, the official remarked.

According to the BMC's Sion Hospital, six injured persons have been admitted and all are in stable condition. At Kurla Bhabha Hospital, two injured persons have been admitted and their condition is additionally stable.

For now, eight injured as crane topples onto houses in Mumbai's Kurla remains the part of the story worth watching, and further updates are likely as more details are confirmed.