AMN / MUMBAI
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) today suspended five of its officials in connection with the fire in a Central Mumbai pub that claimed 14 lives.
The civic body in the recent past had sent a few notices to the joints at the Kamala Mills compound for violation of norms.
Municipal Commissioner Ajoy Mehta told media that the BMC has suspended five officials in connection with the fire tragedy.
The officials suspended were attached to the fire brigade and the G South Ward.
Mumbai mayor Vishwanath Mahadeshwar said an enquiry has been ordered and strict action will be taken against errant officials.
A fire that started at a rooftop pub hosting a birthday party spread rapidly through the building, killing 14 people, most of them women, shortly after midnight in a posh Mumbai
locality.
The fire, which also injured 21 people, started after 12.30 am in the “1 Above” pub on the terrace, and spread to Mojo pub on the third floor one level below.
Avinash Supe, dean of the KEM Hospital, where the injured and dead were brought, said that most of the victims, who included 11 women, died of asphyxiation.