The forensic surgeon team of Dr Shivaji Kachare and Dr Prasad Bhatanglikar that conducted autopsies on the eight victims of Friday’s Kurla restaurant fire, confirmed the cause of death as shock due to 95-100 per cent of superficial to deep thermal burns. The inhalation of toxic fumes led to spontaneous death.

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