Tall & Urban News

One more person has died following the Saturday, 22 January, 2022 Tardeo building high-rise blaze, taking the total death toll to seven. 

The deceased identified as Manish Singh, 38, was under treatment at the civic run BYL Nair hospital. Sixteen people are still recuperating in various hospitals.   

The fire-fighting system at Sachinam Heights, a redevelopment project, in Tardeo was not in working order when the blaze occurred early on Saturday. In the past two months, the fire brigade issued notices to no less than 223 high-rises for disregarding fire safety norms. 

The notices were issued to the structures under the Maharashtra Fire Prevention and Life Safety Measures Act, 2006, for various deficiencies found in their fire-fighting systems, shows municipal data. These deficiencies were discovered during inspections carried out between November 18 and January 8.

For more on this story, go to Times of India.