Mumbai (PTI): A 15-year-old boy was killed and three other persons were injured after a fire broke out at a chawl in Cuffe Parade of south Mumbai early on Monday, officials said.

The incident was reported around 4.15 am at the single-storey chawl (row tenement) in Shivshakti Nagar on Captain Prakash Pethe Marg, they said.

Four persons were injured in the blaze and rushed to St George's Hospital, where Yash Vitthal Khot (15) was declared dead, a civic official said.

The other injured persons -- Devendra Choudhary (30), Viraj Khot (13), and Sangram Kurne (25) -- were undergoing treatment, he said.

While Choudhary was admitted to the ICU, the condition of the two others was reported to be stable, the official said.

The fire was confined to electric wiring, installations, three electric v

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