Fire opposite Shah Rukh Khan home; 1 dead

A 20-year-old girl was killed and another woman seriously injured in a fire that broke out on the top floor of a residential building opposite Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khans bungalow, officials said here on Thursday.

The blaze was noticed on the sixth floor of the six-storied Sea Spring Apartment, opposite Khan’s ‘Mannat’ bungalow at Bandra Bandstand, around 7.30am.

Firefighters battled the blaze and retrieved the body of Evana Morrece, who was pronounced dead at a hospital.

A 38-year-old woman, Sifra Jafri, was also rushed to the Bhabha Hospital in a critical state with more than 90 per cent burn injuries.

The cause of the fire, which has been brought under control, is not yet known.

There is no known damage to Khan’s home or any of the actor’s family members.