As per preliminary information, the site of the mishap was a ground-plus-one storey structure, of which the ground floor served as a shop while the upper floor served as a residential unit.

The blaze started on the ground floor and spread to the upper residential area of the two-storey building, killing seven in Mumbai's Chembur.

Mumbai: In a tragic fire incident early this morning, seven members of a family, including children, were killed when a blaze engulfed a shop and its adjoining residential space in Chembur East’s Sidharth Colony.

Mumbai: 5 people including 2 children died after a massive fire broke out at a shop in Chembur, Mumbai on the wee hours of Sunday. The massive fire broke out around 5 AM in the morning. The fire broke out on electrical wiring and installations in the shop on the ground floor,