95-year-old woman killed in Mumbai building fire

Mumbai, Nov.10 : In a Dhanteras tragedy, a 95-year old woman was killed in a major fire that engulfed a flat in suburban Mumbai late in Friday, the BMC Disaster Control said.

The blaze was reported from Flat No 201 on the second floor of the 12-storied Vile Grand Residency in Vile Parle East suburb around 8 pm.

The fire quickly spread to the entire house, reducing the furniture, fittings, electrical and electronic items in the flat to ashes.

A woman trapped inside the burning flat, identified as Harshada J.Pathak, was rushed to the R.N.Cooper Hospital by police where she was declared dead on admission.

The cause of the fire - which was extinguished soon afterwards - is being probed.