Initially, the blaze was described as Level 1. However, combustible items like curtains, wooden furniture and electrical appliances intensified the blaze after which the warnings were escalated to Level 2.
Mumbai Fire Incidents: According to the Mumbai Fire Brigade, 70 to 80 percent of the fires in Mumbai were due to electrical short-circuits. In several such incidents in high-rises, the damage caused was more extensive when the firefighting equipment was not functional due to poor maintenance.
Referring to the Girgaon fire incident, the bench added, "Can there be anything more tragic than this? The manner in which these two deaths have occurred.is this what you (government) want for the people in this city? to lose their loved family members like this?"
The building was constructed in 2008 by the SRA and, according to the rules, an SRA building is constructed by demolishing the slums on a particular land parcel in a bid to rehabilitate those who had been living in those shanties.