One person died and six others were hospitalised after a fire broke out in a residential building in Andheri on Saturday, according to officials from the Mumbai Fire Brigade.

According to the Mumbai Fire Brigade, the fire started in the early hours of Saturday at the Broke Land Building near Ashok Academy Lane in Lokhandwala, Andheri (West). The incident was reported at 2:39 AM and was declared a Level-I fire at 3:13 AM. The Andheri building fire was confined to Room No. 104 on the first floor of the ground-plus-eight-storey building. It damaged electric wiring, installations, split and window AC units, wooden furniture, documents, mattresses, clothes, and other household items.