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 ground floor of the structure served as a shop while the upper floor housed a residential unit.

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.

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 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.