Latest News: According to preliminary information, the structure’s ground floor served as a shop, while the upper floor housed a residential unit.
Latest News: At least seven people of a family, including three minors, were killed after a fire broke out at a single-storey building in Mumbai’s Siddharth Colony early on Sunday.
The victims have been identified as Paris Gupta (7), Narendra Gupta (10), Manju Prem Gupta (30), Prem Gupta (30), Anita Gupta (30), Vidhi Chediram Gupta (15) and Gitadevi Dharamdev Gupta (60).
An official from the Mumbai Fire Brigade (MFB) confirmed that all the victims were members of the same family.
Latest News: “It was an informally built structure, and the family slept on the chawl’s first and second floors. All the members who were killed come from the same family. While seven people were declared dead, two others were alive when evacuated. The other members also were from the same family,” the MFB official said.
Latest News: The incident was reported at 5.20 am at Siddharth Colony along Chembur East’s A N Gaikwad Marg. According to preliminary information from Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), the building had a shop on the ground floor, and the upper one served as a residential unit.
BMC officials said the blaze was confined to the shop’s electric wiring and installation and spread to other household appliances.
As the blaze was doused, the victims were taken to the state-run Rajawadi Hospital, where they were declared “brought dead”.
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