Two women were killed and two other persons suffered from suffocation after a fire broke out in an 11-floor building in Mumbai on Sunday morning. The blaze erupted at 6.11 am in Panna Ali Mansion building, located in Masjid Bandar area of south Mumbai. The fire was confined to the electric wiring and installations at a common meter box place and electric wiring in the common passage on the ground floor of the building, a fire official said. The cause of the fire was not yet known, the official said, adding that the blaze was doused by 6.31 am. The two injured people were taken to the government-run J J Hospital and their condition was reported to be stable, he said. They were identified as Karim Shaikh, 20, and Shahin Shaikh (22), both of whom are in a stable condition. The building’s sixth floor and eighth floor victims were also taken to hospital. The condition of the victims is yet to be known, according to the fire official.
