Teenage girl dies after fire breaks out in flat in Ahmedabad building

Ahmedabad: A 17-year-old girl was killed after a fire broke out in a seventh-floor flat of a residential building here in Gujarat on Saturday while four members of her family managed to escape, officials said.

The blaze erupted in the 11-storey Orchid Green society located in the Shahibaug area



in the morning hours.

"Fire Brigade personnel rescued the girl, Pranjal Jirawala, from the balcony of the flat located on the seventh floor. She was rushed to a hospital in an unconscious condition where she died," said Divisional Fire Officer Om Jadeja.