Mumbai: Police have registered a First Information Report (FIR) in connection with the fire in a 61-storey residential building in Currey Road area of central Mumbai, which resulted in the death of a security guard as he fell from its 19th floor, an official said on Saturday.“A case has been registered against the owner of the building, its occupant, the fire safety maintenance contractor and others under IPC sections 336 (rash or negligent act that endangers human life or personal safety of others), 304 (A) (causing death by negligence) and under sections of the Maharashtra Fire Prevention and Life Safety Measures Act at Kalachowki police station here,” the police official said.The blaze had erupted on the 19th floor of the One Avighna Park building around 11.45 am on Friday. The fire brigade had categorised it as Level-4 (major) fire. Arun Tiwari, a 30-year-old security guard of the building, had got trapped in a flat on that floor and in order to save himself, he held on to the railing of the flat’s balcony for some time before falling to death.The fire brigade personnel had rescued 16 stranded persons.“Initially a case of accidental death was registered,” the official said.“Police are probing the incident,” he added.According to the Indian Express, Mumbai Mayor Kishori Pednekar has said, “Fire broke out due to short-circuit in a flat. Management needs to be punished for non-operational of fire fighting system in a new building. Residents blamed the builder for not handing over the charge to the society as he is carrying out illegal construction.”Municipal Commissioner I S Chahal stated,“19 people had locked themselves inside their houses on the 19th and 20th floors. A team of fire brigade personnel, led by a deputy chief fire officer, went to these houses through the staircase and rescued them,” He has ordered a probe into the incident.(With inputs from PTI)
