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Home / Story of the day / Goregaon building fire: 7 dead, several injured in Mumbai; PM Modi, Maha govt announces ex-gratia

Seven people including two minors were killed and over 40 injured after a fire tore through a residential building in Mumbai’s Goregaon area today. As per the BMC official, the blaze started at around 3 am at Jay Sandesh building in Goregaon West.

Taking to X, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today expressed grief over the loss of lives due to the fire incident and announced an ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh from PMNRF to the next of kin of those who died. The Prime Minister also said the injured would be given Rs 50,000.

Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde also expressed grief over the loss of lives in the fire and announced that the State government will provide monetary help of â‚¹5 lakh to their families.