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Mumbai: Six people were killed and eleven injured in a fire at an under-construction building in Mumbai on wee hours of Thursday, police said.
The fire was caused by a gas cylinder explosion in the Prarthana building near the Kishore Kumar Garden in Juhu, they said.
The injured — 9 men and 2 women — have been admitted to the nearby Cooper Hospital of the BMC. Eight of them are said to be critical.
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The fire has been brought under control, Mumbai Police spokesperson Rashmi Karandikar told PTI.
The victims could not be identified as their bodies were charred beyond recognition, police said.
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