It was feared that some persons are trapped inside the shop, the BMC official said, adding teams of Mumbai Fire Brigade and police rushed to the spot and started a search and rescue operation
"During the operation, fire officials found a 22-year-old man identified as Rakesh Gupta with serious burn injuries. He was rushed to a hospital where he was declared brought dead," the BMC official said
The fire was confined to the shop, which has two lofts, and gutted electric wiring, electric installations and other materials
The BMC official said the loft inside the shop has collapsed posing difficulty to enter the structure following which the front portion of the structure was removed with the help of an excavator
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