A fire broke out at around 6:53 am on Tuesday in Kohinoor HDIL Building No. 5, a 13-storey residential building in Kurla West, Mumbai. According to officials, the fire started in an electrical duct and smoke spread through the electrical wiring and ducts.

Nine people were injured, including three children — among them a five-year-old boy and two teenage girls. Eight people suffered breathing trouble from the smoke and one person injured his right leg.

All the injured were taken to Rajawadi Hospital, where officials said their condition is stable; no death has been reported.

Mumbai Fire Brigade personnel brought the fire under control in about 28 minutes, by around 7:21 am. The Mumbai Fire Brigade, police, the electricity company, 108 ambulance service and BMC staff were deployed at the site.

The exact cause of the fire has not been officially confirmed, and the concerned departments are investigating whether there was a fault in the building's electrical system.

Sources: Top Indian News and The New Indian Express.