Mumbai, March 22 A 72-year-old woman died after a fire broke out in a 24-story residential building in Mumbai's Goregaon East area on Sunday evening, officials said.
The fire was reported at the Lakshya Chandi Building in Gokuldham Colony on Krishna Vatika Marg, near the district court, around 7:20 pm, they said.
A civic official said the fire was contained to the sixth floor of the residential tower. At least eight fire engines were sent to the scene, he said.
An elderly woman, identified as Indu Tarkeshawar Singh, was rescued by firefighters and rushed to Lifeline Hospital in Goregaon. However, doctors at the facility declared her dead, the official said.
It was not immediately known whether she died from injuries or smoke inhalation.
Police, personnel from the electricity provider, 108 ambulances, and local ward staff of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation were rushed to the site to assist with firefighting and rescue operations, he said.
The civic official said the fire was extinguished at 11:20 pm, and a cooling operation was underway at the scene.
The cause of the fire has not yet been determined.