Seven persons, including three minors, died after a fire broke out in a double-storey shop-cum-residential structure in Mumbai this morning.

AT least seven persons, including three minors, died in a fire that erupted at a double-storey shop-cum-residential structure in Mumbai on Sunday morning. “The incident took place at 5.20 am at [a building in] Siddharth Colony in Chembur area," a fire official said.

Mumbai: Seven members of the same family, including three minors, were killed in a fire that broke out early Sunday in a residential building at Chembur in Mumbai. Chief minister

As per preliminary information, the ground floor of the structure served as a shop while the upper floor housed a residential unit.

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The fire started in a shop on the ground floor that housed electrical items and spread to the upper floor, where the family resided.

A blaze in Chembur's Siddharth Colony on Sunday claimed the lives of seven family members, including three minors, while two others suffered minor injuries. The fire started at 5am and was reported extinguished by 9:15am.

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

Mumbai: A devastating fire, allegedly triggered by a short circuit, resulted in the deaths of at least seven family members, including two young children, in a two-storey building in Chembur's Sidharth Colony early this morning.