July 25, 2014 8:50 AM

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Fire safety audits of all multi-storey buildings to be completed in a month: MCGM

The Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM) has said that it will ensure that fire safety audits of all multi-storey buildings are completed in a month. The announcement comes in wake of the death of a fire fighter during a fire at a suburban commercial high-rise last week.Mumbai Mayor Sunil Prabhu while speaking in Mumbai said we lost a young officer in the mishap recently. To ensure that such incidents are not repeated, I have directed the administration to make sure that safety audit of residential, commercial and state administrative buildings is completed within a month's time. He said an independent fire audit cell will be created and strict action will be taken against those not complying with the safety norms. He added that Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai will conduct safety check periodically to ensure innocent lives are not lost in such mishaps.Fire fighter Nitin Ivalekar had lost his life and 20 of his colleagues were injured while trying to douse the blaze that broke out at Lotus Business Park, a 22-storey building in suburban Andheri last week.

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