Mall, hospital managements to blame for Sunrise Hospital fire, says BMC probe panel
The probe committee of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has held that the managements of Dreams Mall and Sunrise Hospital did not take necessary precautions about safety of the premises and must be held responsible for the death of 11 Covid-19 patients who died in the fire on March 26.
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UPDATED: May 12, 2021 06:43 IST
11 Covid-19 patients, who were being treated at Sunrise Hospital located on the third floor, died in the fire that broke out on March 26. (Photo: PTI file)
The managements of Dreams Mall and Sunrise Hospital, where a fire killed 11 Covid-19 patients on March 26, did not take necessary precautions about safety of the premises and they must be held responsible for the tragedy, said a BMC-appointed panel in its probe report.
Mumbai: Defective electric circuit caused Bhandup mall hospital fire
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The investigation carried by the fire brigade department into the March 25, fire at Sunrise Hospital at Bhandup s Dreams Mall which killed 11 COVID-19 patients has revealed towards major lapses in the fire fighting system of the mall and irregularities inside the premises. The report has stated that fire originated at shop number 140 on the upper ground of the mall which caused due to defective electric circuit, stated in the report.
In the report the Deputy Chief Fire Officer mentioned that as the fixed fire fighting system of the mall was not in a working condition, the fire spread quickly. The report also pointed towards various irregularities in the mall and also mentioned that the occupants of the premises had made alterations and constructed lofts as well as blocked the light and ventilation of the building at various places.
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Eleven patients had died in the fire at Sunrise Hospital on March 25
MUMBAI: It has been more than a month since the FIR was filed in the fatal Sunrise Hospital fire at Bhandup, but there have been no arrests yet, the families of the victims complained to director general of police (DGP) Sanjay Pandey on Monday.
Pandey has asked the Mumbai police commissioner to carry out a thorough probe into the incident.
On March 25, a major fire broke out in Dreams Mall and spread to Sunrise Hospital, a dedicated Covid facility, located on the third floor. Eleven bodies were found and over 70 patients rescued. Two days later, Bhandup police booked six people Rakesh Wadhwan, Sarang Wadhwan and Deepak Shirke of HDIL that owns the mall, and Amitsingh Trehan, Nikhita Trehan and Sweety Jain of Privilege Healthcare Services that managed Sunrise Hospital under IPC 304 for culpable homicide not amounting to murder.
Why no arrests yet in Sunrise hospital fire, victims’ kin ask DGP
ByChaitanya MarpakwarChaitanya Marpakwar / Updated: May 4, 2021, 15:41 IST
(This story was first published in TOI on May 4, 2021)
Mumbai: It has been more than a month since the FIR was filed in the fatal
Sunrise Hospital fire at Bhandup, but there have been no arrests yet, the families of the victims complained to director general of police (DGP) Sanjay Pandey on Monday.
Pandey has asked the
On March 25, a major fire broke out in Dreams Mall and spread to Sunrise Hospital, a dedicated Covid facility, located on the third floor. Eleven bodies were found and over 70 patients rescued. Two days later, Bhandup police booked six people Rakesh Wadhwan, Sarang Wadhwan and Deepak Shirke of HDIL that owns the mall, and Amitsingh Trehan,