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Maha: Woman dies, 6 hospitalised after fire breaks in Mumbai residential building

Maha: Woman dies, 6 hospitalised after fire breaks in Mumbai residential building
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Mumbai, Apr 26 (UNI) A 34-year-old woman died, and six others were hospitalised after a fire broke out early Saturday morning in a Mumbai residential building located at Broke Land Building, near Ashok Academy Lane in Lokhandwala, Andheri (West).
The fire erupted around 2:39 am and was reported by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC)'s Mumbai Fire Brigade (MFB) at approximately 3:13 am.
According to fire officials, the fire was confined to a flat on first floor of the ground-plus-eight-storey building. The fire affected electric wiring, electric installations, split and window AC units, wooden furniture, documents, mattresses, clothes and other household items.

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