Three persons were killed after a fire broke out in a 14-storey residential building at the upscale Lokhandwala Complex in Mumbai on Wednesday morning, officials said.
The blaze erupted at around 8 am on the 10th floor of Riya Palace building, located on 4th Cross Road at the Lokhandwala Complex in Andheri area, a civic official said.
Three persons were injured and taken to the Cooper Hospital where doctors declared them brought dead, a civic official said.
The victims have been identified as Chandraprakash Soni (74), Kanta Soni (74) and Pelubeta (42), as per civic officials.
The blaze was doused at around 9 am, a fire brigade official said.
The cause of the fire was yet to be ascertained, the official said.
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