At least seven people, including two minors, were killed while another 51 were injured after a massive fire razed through a seven-storey residential building in Goregaon on Friday. The fire was extinguished at 6.54 am this morning. 

The incident was reported at 3.05 am on Friday at the Jay Bhavani building near Azad Maidan in Goregaon West. The injured were rushed to two hospitals, HBT Hospital and Cooper Hospital, in Mumbai.

The Mumbai Fire Brigade (MFB) rushed to the spot with eight fire engines, five jumbo tankers, a water tank, a turntable ladder (TTL) and a quick-reaction vehicle for rescue operations.

As per the fire department, the fire was confined to ground-floor shops. Scrap materials, two parked vehicles, four vehicles, metre cabin and a ground plus upper floored structure were gutted in the fire. The cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained. 

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said he was pained to know about the loss of lives in the incident. "Pained to know about loss of lives in the fire incident at #Goregaon, Mumbai. We are in touch with BMC & Mumbai Police officials & all the assistance is being provided. My deepest condolences to the families who lost their loved ones and wishing speedy recovery to the injured… (SIC)," he posted on X.

As many as 30 residents were rescued from the terrace and various floors of the ground-plus-seven structure, said the official from the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC).

It took nearly three hours for the fire brigade to extinguish the blaze. More than eight fire engines and other firefighting equipment were used in the operation, a fire official said.

BMC officials said they are trying to find out if some more victims are admitted to private hospitals.

Civic commissioner Iqbal Singh Chahal is scheduled to visit the hospitals, where the injured are admitted, in some time, officials said.