Mumbai, Oct 21 (PTI) Four persons were killed and 10 others injured after a fire broke out in a multi-storey residential building in neighbouring Navi Mumbai shortly after midnight on Tuesday, police said.

Among those who died in the tragedy in the wee hours of Diwali were a six-year-old girl and an 84-year-old bed-ridden woman, officials said.

A short circuit was suspected to be the cause but an investigation was underway, they said. Show Full Article

The fire started at around 12.30 am on the 10th floor of Raheja Residency, MGM Complex in sector 14 of Vashi area. Flames soon spread to the 11th and 12th floors, said a fire brigade official.

As many as 40 fire brigade personnel with eight fire tenders and police rushed to the spot and the blaze was put out by 4 am, he said.

Among the

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