The victims were trapped when the fire broke out and were said to be asphyxiated by the billowing plumes of smoke. Fire-fighting teams rushed to the spot to quell the fire. “The bodies of four women and one man were recovered by jawans of the fire services,” police sub-inspector Shridhar Jagtap of Chakan police told The Hindu. The victims were trapped when the fire broke out and were said to be asphyxiated by the billowing plumes of smoke. The cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained as fire-fighting teams were struggling to get the blaze under control.

Source: The Hindu October 20, 2016 08:56 UTC