At least 14 people were killed when a huge blaze tore through a popular restaurant in Mumbai.
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Many of the victims were young women who were attending a birthday party on the rooftop when the fire broke out.
Doctors said they died of asphyxiation, apparently as they tried to flee the burning building.
Local media reported that a false ceiling had collapsed in the four-storey building in the Indian financial capital, trapping people inside as they tried to escape.
"Fourteen people have succumbed to their injuries and remaining victims have been discharged from the KEM hospital. Most of the deaths were due to asphyxiation," said Dean of local KEM hospital Avinash Supe.
Police said they were investigating the cause of the fire, and had filed a preliminary case against the restaurant's owners.
Eleven of the victims were female partygoers, according to authorities.
The restaurant was in the city's Kamala Mills compound, which also houses hotels and offices.
Several media organisations also use the building and at least three national news channels were affected by the fire, including Times network's Times Now, Mirror Now and ET Now channels.
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted that he was "anguished by the fire in Mumbai".
"My thoughts are with the bereaved families in this hour of grief. I pray that those injured recover quickly," he said.
