India, Sept. 29 -- Four days after a catering services shop in Akurli caught fire due to a gas leak, three of the seven victims, Poonam Gautam, 28, Raksha Joshi, 47, and Neetu Gupta 31, succumbed to their injuries on Sunday.

After the fire was doused, the injured were admitted to ESIS hospital and Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar hospital in Kandivali. From there, two of them were transferred to a private hospital in Borivali, one to Kasturba Hospital, and three others were taken to the National Burns Centre (NBC).

Gautam was initially admitted to a private hospital in Borivali and then transferred to the NBC a day later. "The initial hours after the incident were crucial. By the time we received her, infections had already started developing. She...