A 70-year-old man died and three persons were injured in a fire that broke out on Thursday in a high rise in Mumbai's Borivali area on Thursday, said the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC).

According to the civic body, the blaze started in the 22-storey Kanakia Samarpan Tower, close to Magathane metro rail station, at 12:37 pm and was doused at 1:02 pm in an operation helmed by personnel of the Fire Brigade, police and the local BMC ward, while ambulances from the 108 service were kept on stand by.