On Sunday, October 25, a team of Mumbai fire brigade officers arrived at the 60-storeyed One Avighna Park at Currey Road to do a post-fire inspection, and scrutinise the firefighting strategy they used during the incident. The visit also focused on improving firefighting operations in case of such incidents in future.
This development came two days after a major fire broke out on the 19th floor at the high-rise building killing 1 person. A security guard from the housing society identified as Arun Tiwari, 27, fell to his death. A video that was widely circulated on social media showed the guard clinging onto the parapet of the window before he lost his grip and fell onto a fire truck parked below.
According to the officers, a short circuit is likely to be the cause and source of the fire in the apartment. However, the fire brigade will conduct a probe to determine the cause of the fire.
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In addition, the Mumbai Fire Brigade will also prepare a report and submit it to Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) Commissioner Iqbal Singh Chahal within two weeks, regarding the cause of the fire after inspecting the premises.
According to reports, the Mumbai Fire Brigade on Friday had noted that the building’s firefighting system was functional, but not operational at the time of the fire and that the fire brigade had to manually turn it on to use water from the system to fight the fire.
Moreover, the owner of the flat 1902, in a video, had alleged that the firefighting system had no water, and had that not been the case, it would have been easier to contain the fire at the very beginning.
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