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Navi Mumbai: Fire dept issues new advisory after blaze in Panvel building
Updated On: 11 November, 2023 07:17 AM IST | Mumbai | Vinod Kumar Menon
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A flat on the 18th floor of Sai World City, Panvel, was gutted in a major fire on Friday
A major fire which gutted a flat in a high-rise building in Panvel on Friday has exposed several flaws in modern homes. A top fire official who believes ignoring the shortcomings could be fatal has decided to issue mandatory directives to high-rise buildings in his jurisdiction to address the flaws.
On Friday firefighters helplessly watched the passing of the ‘golden hour’ to control the fire inside a flat in a high-rise building in Panvel as they didn’t have access into the house. A flat in Sai World City, a plush high-rise near Palaspe Phata in Panvel, was gutted by the major blaze. The incident happened when the occupants of the house owned by a doctor were away.
Interestingly, the Panvel Fire Department had many takeaways from this fire incident, which did not have any fatalities, the fire department will be issuing certain mandatory directives to all the high rises within its jurisdiction under the Maharashtra Fire Prevention and Life Safety Measures Act 2006, amended in 2023.
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