A tragic incident unfolded late on Monday night in Maharashtra’s Thane district, where a 10-year-old girl lost her life after falling into a ventilation duct of a multi-storey residential building in the Mumbra area. According to news agency PTI, the mishap occurred at the Shraddha Prati building located in Samrat Nagar, and was reported to the Thane Municipal Corporation’s disaster management cell at 11.48 pm.

As per PTI reports, the girl was not a resident of the building in question. She is believed to have entered the premises under circumstances that remain unclear, prompting an active investigation into how she accessed the duct. Authorities are also looking into whether any safety lapses or negligence may have contributed to the incident.