Mumbai, Nov. 8 -- A 56-year-old security guard died of suffocation after getting trapped in a lift during a fire at a 17th-floor flat in Mumbai's Andheri West on Saturday night, with a diya lit in the apartment's temple shrine suspected to have triggered the blaze, police said.

Police identified the deceased as Dhanpat Mahatu. He was found unconscious inside the lift and was declared brought dead at Cooper Hospital.

According to the Mumbai Fire Brigade (MFB), the fire was reported at around 9.50 pm on Saturday from flat number 1701 of the high-rise. It was initially confined to electrical wiring, installations and household articles inside the apartment.

Chief fire officer Ravindra Ambulgekar said a preliminary assessment suggested tha...