Faulty electricity systems caused 33,946 blazes, 1,116 incidents were due to gas leakage while 14,329 cases were due to other reasons.
There
have been over 49,000 incidents of fire
in Mumbai in the last one decade, killing more than 600 people,
the Maharashtra government said on Monday.
Minister
of State for Urban Development Ranjit Patil said in the state
Assembly that a total of 49,391 fire mishaps were reported in the
megapolis between 2008 and 2018.
Faulty
electricity systems caused 33,946 blazes, 1,116 incidents were due to
gas leakage while 14,329 cases were due to other reasons, he said.
As
many as 609 people and seven fire
brigade personnel died in these incidents during the 10-year
period while properties worth Rs 1.1042 billion were destroyed, he
said.
Patil
was responding to a Calling Attention notice on the massive blaze
which destroyed a slum area in suburban Bandra on October 30 this
year.
Of
the total fire incidents in 10 years, 3,151 were reported in slums,
he said.
To
tackle such mishaps in crowded and slum areas, 17 small fire stations
were set up by the city civic body and of these 11 are functional,
the minister said.
Also,
17 quick response vehicles and three mini fire engines were purchased
for improved fire security, he said.
Over
5,000 fire workers were also imparted training about fire security
measures, Patil added.
A
massive fire in two pubs located in the Kamala
Mills Compound here had claimed 14 lives on December 29 last
year.
Besides,
12 people were killed in a blaze at a snack shop in Saki Naka-Kurla
area on December 18 last year.
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