The blaze erupted in the building located in the Premier compound, Kohinoor City, in Kurla, following which some residents were stranded on various floors due to smoke in the premises. They all were taken to the building's terrace and rescued from there, a BMC official informs

A senior citizen died after a fire broke out in a residential building in Kurla on Wednesday at 656 am. The fire was confined between the 4th and 10th floors

A 70-year-old woman identified as Shakuntala Ramani, was injured in the fire. Ramani was rushed to the nearby BMC-run Rajawadi Hospital where doctors declared her 'brought dead'

After the Mumbai police room received the blaze alert, four fire engines and several other fire-fighting vehicles were rushed to the spot. Efforts were on to douse the blaze after which the fire extinguished at 8.56 am

The cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained