India, July 14 -- A 69-year-old woman injured in the Bhayander residential building fire on Friday night succumbed to her burn injuries at KEM Hospital on Monday, becoming the first fatality in the incident that left 21 people injured.

The deceased, identified as Shakila Qureshi, had sustained around 25% burns in the blaze, which broke out in the ground-floor meter box of Aquarius Tower, a seven-storey residential building in Govindnagar, Bhayander East.

Firefighters rescued 104 residents trapped inside the building. While several of the injured have since been discharged, Qureshi's husband, Mustaq Qureshi, 72, and another resident, Salim Shaikh, 67, continue to be treated in the ICU. The injured included seven women, 10 men and four ch...