Shiv Sena leader and former Maharashtra minister Aditya Thackeray and Congress leader Sanjay Nirupam on Friday visited Trauma Hospital to inquire about the health of those injured in Goregaon building fire. Pic/ Anurag Ahire

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. 

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

Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde condoled the loss of lives in a residential building fire in Mumbai and announced an ex gratia of Rs 5 lakh for the kin of each of the deceased victims. The CM said that those injured in the fire would be treated at government expense.

Expressing grief over the incident, Shinde wrote on X that he had instructed Mumbai city guardian minister Deepak Kesarkar and suburban district guardian minister Mangal Prabhat Lodha to visit the site of the blaze. "The incident is unfortunate and I am in touch with the Mumbai civic commissioner," said Shinde, who is in New Delhi.