Mumbai Kamala Mills fire: Third blaze in five years, says Sandeep Deshpande

A fire broke out at Times Tower building in Mumbais Lower Parel area on Friday morningThere are no reports of any injury to anyone in the Mumbai Kamala Mills fire that broke out at the Times Tower building in the Kamala Mills compound of the Lower Parel area around 630 amThe Kamala Mills compound which has witnessed many major fires is located next to the Parkside residential buildingWATCH Maharashtra Fire breaks out in Times Tower building located in Lower Parel West MumbaiMNS leader Sandeep Deshpande says Fire broke out in the Kamala Mills Compound for the 3rd time in five years There is no fire audit of the buildingIllegal construction in thehellip pictwittercomCokQI9LhBRmdash ANI ANI September 6 2024Speaking to the media persons on the incident Maharashtra Navnirman Sena MNS leader Sandeep Deshpande told ANI Fire broke out in the Kamala Mills Compound for the third time in five years There is no fire audit of the buildingHe accused that the public representatives of the area of being involved in supporting the illegal constructionsIllegal construction in the Kamala Mills Compound is increasing day by day The local MLAs are supporting the illegal construction Action should be taken against those responsible Why are the public representatives supporting illegal construction he saidTimes Tower fire incidentA major fire broke out in a commercial building in Lower Parel area on Friday said Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation BMC officials The compound was the site of one of the citys worst fire disasters in December 2017The authorities had initially said that the commercial building had seven floors They later updated the information calling it a 14storey structureThe fire broke out in the Times Tower building in Kamala Mills compound of Lower Parel area around 629 am the civic body officials said Firefighters also used chisels and hammers to break the locks of the doors of the secondfloor offices up to the 14th floor The operation to douse the Mumbai Kamala Mills fire has been going on There are no reports of any injury to anyone in the fireThe fire brigade has declared it a level 2 major fire and sent eight fire engines and other fire fighting vehicles to the Times Tower building the officials saidThe authorities had initially said that the commercial building had seven floors They later updated the information calling it a 14storey structureAccording to the civic officials the Mumbai Kamala Mills fire started from the electrical duct and is confined between the seventh and third floor of the Times Tower building Fire is confined to the electric duct from the 3rd to the 7th floor at the back of the 14storey commercial building with a glass faccedilade officials saidAbout 2017 Kamala Mills FirePreviously a fire had broken out at a restaurant in the Kamala Mills compound on December 29 2017 As many as 14 people died and several others were injuredAltogether 14 people were booked by the Mumbai Police including the owners of the restaurants and their employees Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation BMC officials and the mill ownersHowever on November 10 2020 the Mumbai sessions court discharged Ramesh Gowani and Ravi Bhandari the owners of the Kamala Mills compound from the caseWith inputs from ANI