Mumbai Fire Brigade's shift to internal fire safety approvals is facing backlash from architects, causing project delays due to alleged bureaucratic issues.
The Mumbai Fire Brigade will no longer hire private contractors to issue fire approvals for new buildings, in a move aimed at curbing corruption. Until now, private contractors and consultants were hired to issue fire sanctions for new buildings below 32mts, or up to 10 storeys
Samin Ansari and her husband Nasir Ansari, who reside on the 15th floor, had replaced their empty cylinder with a new one and were trying to light the gas stove
The final report submitted by Mumbai Fire Brigade on the Chembur fire, which claimed the lives of seven members of a family at Siddharth Nagar on October 6, reveals that a diya in the ground-floor kirana store toppled, quickly igniting a massive fire, as 20 litre of kerosene was stored in the room