Two women were killed, while five others were injured in a fire that broke out on Sunday morning at the 11-storey Pann Ali Mansion in Masjid Bunder’s Issaji Street. As per officials from the fire brigade, the fire, which broke out at 6.11 am, originated in the building’s common meter box on the ground floor and from there, the fire and thick smoke engulfed the upper floors.  The deceased women have been identified as Sajiya Alam Shaikh, 20, and Sabila Khatun Shaikh, 42.

According to the officials, the women were found in the passage of the first floor, where they suffered severe burn injuries and suffocation due to smoke inhalation.