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

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.

As per preliminary information, the site of the mishap was a ground-plus-one storey structure, of which the ground floor served as a shop while the upper floor served as a residential unit.

The incident happened around 5.15 a.m. As per reports, the locals noticed the flames and informed the Fire Brigade which immediately responded.

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

Seven people from the same family, including three children, were killed in a fire accident that engulfed a double-storey shop-cum-residential building in Mumbai's Chembur on Sunday. The accident happened at the building located at the Siddarth Colony around 5.

The blaze started on the ground floor and spread to the upper residential area of the two-storey building, killing seven in Mumbai's Chembur.

A fire in Chembur, Mumbai, killed five people early Sunday morning. The blaze, caused by a short circuit, rapidly spread while victims were asleep.