At least four people, including a minor, lost their lives after a fire broke out at a residential complex in Maharashtra's Navi Mumbai on the intervening night of Monday and Tuesday, said officials.
The incident took place at 2 am at the Raheja Complex in Navi Mumbai's Vashi. Three flats were affected in the fire. The cause of the fire is not known yet and a probe has been launched.
The deceased have been identified as Vaidik Balakrishna (6), Pooja Rajan (39), Sundar Balakrishnan (46), and Kamal Heeralal Jain (84).
The incident also left nine others injured, who have been identified as Manabendra Bhimcharan Ghosh (69), Mallika Manabendra Ghosh (58), Ritika Manabendra Ghosh (39), Bhavna Mahavir Jain (49), Mahavir Hiralal Jain (51), Krish Mahavir Jain (21), Nirmal Hiralal Jain (53), Mehul Hiralal Jain (32), and Sumanti John Topno (18).
Meanwhile, a similar incident took place in Mumbai on Monday after a 15-year-old boy was killed in a fire at a chawl in Cuffe Parade. The incident, according to officials, took place around 4.15 am at the single-storey chawl (row tenement) in Shivshakti Nagar on Captain Prakash Pethe Marg.
They said three others were also injured in the incident, adding that the deceased has been identified as Yash Vitthal Khot. The injured - who have been identified as Devendra Choudhary (30), Viraj Khot (13), and Sangram Kurne (25) - have been admitted to a hospital and are undergoing treatment.
