A 65-year-old man was killed and his wife injured when a portion of a building collapsed on their house in Ulhasnagar town of Maharashtra's Thane district on Sunday, an official said.

The incident took place around 8.15 am in Kashiram Chowk area, where a portion of a building fell on the house adjacent to it, the official from the fire brigade said. Senior citizens, Gopal

Gabda and his wife Barkha (62) were injured and rushed to a hospital, where the former was declared brought dead, he said. Local firemen were pressed into service to provide assistance and

clear the debris, the official said. The building that collapsed was a single-storey structure with two flats, he added.