Renowned city-based psychiatrist Dr Sachin Patkar lost his life in a fire that broke out in a ground plus 15-storey building in Dadar East around 8 am on Saturday.

The fire broke out on the 13th floor and remained confined there. Patkar, 60, who is also the son of veteran psychiatrist, Dr Anand Patkar, was alone in the flat, at the time of the incident. “We received a call at 8.37 am, and the firefighting vehicles reached the spot by 8.44 am. The fire was doused by 9.06 am,” said an official from the fire control room.