7 killed as fire breaks out in shop-cum-residential building in MumbaiMUMBAI, Oct 6, 2024 (BSS/PTI) - Seven persons, including three minors, were killed after a fire broke out in a double-storey shop-cum-residential structure in Mumbai on Sunday morning, a fire official said. The ground floor of the structure was used as a shop and the upper floor as residence, the official said. The blaze was confined to the electric wiring and installations in the shop at the ground floor and spread to the upper floor, he said, adding it was a 'level-one' fire. They were taken to the Rajawadi Hospital where all of them were declared brought dead, the official said. The deceased have been identified as Paris Gupta, 7, Manju Prem Gupta, 30, Anita Gupta, 39, Prem Gupta, 30, Narendra Gupta, 10, Vidhi Chediram Gupta, 15, and Gitadevi Dharamdev Gupta, 60, he said.
