A day after the fire at a 14-storied building in Undri killed a teenage boy, the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has decided to direct all residential housing societies within its jurisdiction to get their firefighting system in order or face action.

“We will send letters to all residential housing societies to ensure that their firefighting system is properly functioning,” Pune Municipal Commissioner Naval Kishore Ram told The Indian Express on Saturday.

On Friday, Tarsh Kamal Khetan, 15, died due to suspected suffocation in a blaze on the 12th-floor apartment of Marvel Ideal residential society. Eight people, including two fire personnel, were injured in the incident. After the fire brigade officials reached the spot, they found that the firefighting system in the society was not

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