Rescue operation after 12 dead, at least 60 injured in Mumbai billboard collaps

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.

Gaurav Chauhan, National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) Mumbai inspector said "Till now, we have taken out almost eight bodies and now we have just located four bodies as I told you earlier. Four bodies are inside, we have located them but we cannot remove them due to this petrol pump and the situation can be hazardous."

Mumbai was hit by strong winds accompanied by rain and dust storms on Thursday that uprooted trees and caused brief power outages in parts of the city, along with disruptions to the city's train network.