Mumbai: Three dead in blaze in hotel that civic officials said had violated fire safety norms

Three persons died in a fire that broke out on Sunday afternoon in a hotel in Santacruz East in Mumbai that civic officials said had been issued a notice for failure to adhere to fire safety norms and had even been taken to court over it...

The blaze broke out on the third floor of the ground-plus-four Galaxy Hotel in Prabhat Colony at 1:10pm and gutted the electric wiring, power installations, air-conditioning, curtains, mattresses, wood furniture in a couple of rooms and common areas like the duct, staircase and lobby, a fire brigade official said.. Three persons identified as Rupal Kanji (25), Kishan (28) and Kantilal Gordhan Vara (48) were declared brought dead by hospital authorities..

The fire gutted wiring, furniture, air conditioning, mattresses in room number 103 and 203, while it also destroyed clothes for laundry, room blankets in the staircase and lobby as well as wiring in the common duct from the first to third floor, the official said.. Speaking about the incident, BMC H/East Ward Health Officer Dr Satish Badgire said, We had recently issued a notice to Galaxy Hotel for failure to adhere to fire safety norms..

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