Before Fire Killed 14, Mumbai Pub Survived 3 Municipal Notices | Read
Fourteen people including 11 women, most of them in their 20s and early 30s, died of suffocation and several others injured in a huge fire that started from a restaurant in Mumbai's Kamala Mills compound late on Thursday night, and spread rapidly to nearby restaurants and offices as well. The loss of lives has sparked a massive outrage. Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said five Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, or BMC, officials have been suspended and a case registered against owners of the pub,"1 Above". He added that officials would also face criminal cases if an inquiry indicted them of being "deliberately negligent".
