Mumbai: Although Mumbai sees rapid development in infrastructure and real estate, the ground reality remains that the metropolis’s fire safety record is pathetic.

The recent massive fires in commercial and residential buildings have once again raised questions over indifference by both the fire brigade and citizens towards the crucial issue of fire safety. Many crucial provisions of the Maharashtra Fire Prevention and Life Safety Measures Act (MFPLSM) 2006 either are not being implemented or violated with impunity.

Fire Prevention Cell Only On Paper

Officers say that the ‘Prevention Cell’ of the Mumbai Fire Brigade (MFB) exists only on paper and the existing station officers are assigned as prevention officers.

“After the Kamala Mills fire in 2018, in which 22 persons were killed, the

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