MUMBAI: A woman and an eight-year-old boy were killed while three others were injured after a blaze broke out in a flat located on the first floor of an eight-storey residential building in suburban Borivali here on Monday afternoon, civic officials said.
The fire erupted in a first-floor flat of Veena Santur Cooperative Housing Society at around 12:30 pm and spread to the electric wiring and installations on that floor, according to officials.
Prima facie, the fire might have been triggered by leaking Piped Natural Gas (PNG) or due to a lit pooja diya (lamp) which might have tilted. The kitchen of the flat was gutted, a senior Fire Brigade officer said.
He said the fire-fighting system installed in the building was found to be non-functional. “We are investigating”.