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A 30-year-old security guard fell to his death from a balcony on the 19th floor of a 61-storey residential building in central Mumbai after a major fire broke out there on Friday, officials said. A video of the tragic incident, showing the man precariously holding onto the railing of the balcony just before falling, went viral. The Fire Brigade rescued sixteen other stranded persons. The blaze erupted on the 19th floor of the 'One Avighna Park' building in Currey Road area shortly before noon. The cause was suspected to be a short circuit inside a flat but this was yet to be confirmed, officials said. Inquiry would be conducted into the incident, said Mumbai municipal commissioner Iqbal Singh Chahal who alongwith Mayor Kishori Pednekar visited the spot. The flames spread from the 19th floor to the 20th before being doused after five hours. As many as 16 fire engines, nine water tankers and two ladders were pressed into service, a fire brigade official said. "After the fire broke