India, Sept. 27 -- A 15-year-old boy was killed and five others sustained injuries after a fire broke out in a 14-storey residential building in Pune on Friday, a fire official said.

The blaze erupted in a flat on the 12th floor of the Marvel Ideal Society on Jagdamba Bhavan Road in Undri in the afternoon, the official said. The incident occurred around 2.30 pm in flat number 1201 of Wing F.

He said a gas cylinder exploded during the firefighting operation, injuring two firefighters.

"Five fire tenders and a hydraulic ladder vehicle were rushed to the spot. When firefighters carried hose pipes to the upper floors and began dousing the flames, a cylinder exploded, leaving two firefighters and three residents injured. A 15-year-old boy d...