September 26, 2020
Another child is currently in the hospital
The personnel reached the spot and SOFT BAG UNIT PACKINGS OF FIRE BLANKETS Suppliers doused the fire within an hour of getting the call."A girl, about one-and-half-year-old, was rushed to the Holy Family hospital due to suffocation caused by the fumes but was declared dead on arrival. Mumbai: A one-and-half-year-old infant girl on Monday died of suffocation after a fire broke out at an unauthorised structure built on top of the water pump room of a building at Perry Cross Road in suburban Bandra.Fire brigade officials said the fire started in a structure that was added to the pump room of Shoeb Manzil building and was being used as the residence of the building's watchman..Investigations into the cause of the fire are currently underway, an official said, adding that using the pump room for residential purposes was illegal and fire officials have been told to file a police complaint.Fire brigade officials said the fire started in a structure that was added to the pump room of Shoeb Manzil building and was being used as the residence of the building's watchman.Electrical wires and household articles in the makeshift structure fuelled the fire, officials said, resulting in choking fumes. Another child is currently in the hospital's Intensive Care Unit," a fire brigade official said.
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September 22, 2020
Two other firemen are undergoing treatment
Two other firemen are undergoing treatment at B. Delhi Fire Services were alerted and soon they reached the spot,†said a senior police official.In the preliminary investigation, it appears that the fire in the eatery started due to a shock circuit.44 am about fire in shop.Police sent the bodies of the two deceased firefighters to the mortuary China STORZ COUPLING IN ALUMINUM Factory of the Deen Dayal Upadhyay hospital for post mortem. The police arrested Singh under Section 304 A of the IPC at the Vikaspuri police station after which he was released on bail. Hospital. The cylinder was behind the shutter and by the time the firefighters tried to open it, the cylinder exploded.Delhi home minister Satyendar Jain, who met the injured firefighters at hospital, termed the incident as "unfortunate†and said that prima facie, there were no procedural lapses noticed on the part of firemen in tackling the incident. "All aspects related to the incident will be examined and thereafter, a decision on compensation will be taken,†an official said..The owner of the eatery, Chatkora Food n Snacks, was arrested by the police. Following which the families of the victims took the bodies for last rites.
In light of the incident, Vijay Kumar, Deputy Commissioner of Police (West) said that a case has been registered against the shop owner, Satpal Singh under sections 285 (negligent conduct with respect to fire or combustible matter), 286 (negligent conduct with respect to explosive substance), 336 (act endangering life or personal safety of others), 337 (causing hurt by act endangering life or personal safety of others) and 304 (A) (causing death by negligence) of the IPC at the Vikaspuri police station.The eatery which caught fire in the early hours of Friday. Fireman Hari Singh Meena was declared brought dead at Park Hospital, Khyala. The Delhi government might announce compensation to the tune of Rs 1 crore to the two firefighters who died in the incident.K. One of the domestic cylinder exploded. New Delhi: Two firemen died in the line of duty and two other firemen were severely injured after an LPG cylinder exploded when they were fighting a blaze at a shop in West Delhi’s Vikaspuri area early Friday morning. And in the process of opening the shutter of the shop, a cylinder exploded and the four officials were injured. Two-and-a-half hours later, the firefighters managed to control the blaze.According to the Delhi Fire Services, firefighters Hari Om Gahlot and Hari Singh Meena succumbed to injuries while the other two firefighters — Naveen and Ravinder — are undergoing treatment at a private hospital. A senior police official said that the owner, Satpal Singh, claimed that out of the four LPG cylinders, two were commercial and the other two were domestic.
By the time a team of firefighters rushed to the spot, one of the four LPG cylinders exploded.According to the fire department officials, 3 fire tenders, along with 10 firemen, were rushed to the spot to douse the blaze.The police said that fireman Hari Om succumbed to his injuries at Deen Dayal Upadhyay Hospital. Apart from the team of Delhi Fire Service and the local police, a team from the Forensic Science Laboratory too visited the spot to carry investigations."We got a PCR call at 5.By 7:36am, the fire was completely doused.As per the Delhi Government’s policy, compensation to the tune of Rs 1 crore is given to kin of uniformed services personnel killed on active duty."We will find out if the restaurant was running illegally and if the owner had compromised with safety and security measures,†said the officer.
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September 14, 2020
The fire safety drill taught by her teacher
Zen Sadavarte Mumbai: After Zen Sadavarte (10) applied the fire safety drill taught by her teacher to save the lives of 13 residents of Crystal Tower, Parel, where a fire broke out recently, the state government is mulling teaching fire safety skills in all schools, civic, government and private.The BMC’s disaster management cell has imparted such training to over 6,000 students this year. Doctors, too, have lauded Zen, who held wet pieces HARD BOX UNIT PACKINGS OF FIRE BLANKETS of cotton against the mouth or nose of fire victims to minimise chances of smoke inhalation and resultant lung injury.
Dr Wiqar Shaikh, professor of medicine, J.J. Hospital, said, "Fire-related accidents can claim lives in more numbers. However, it’s often the smoke that kills people before the flames can get to them. Smoke inhalation is the primary cause of fire-related deaths, due to toxic compounds released into the air during combustion of materials like wool, rubber, silk, upholstery, carpeting, plastic goods, etc. Gases like carbon monoxide, sulphur dioxide, hydrogen cyanide and oxygen radicals are capable of causing fatal lung injuries.â€A senior bureaucrat from the home ministry confirmed that compulsory training in what to do if a fire starts etc. would be given to all civic, state and private run schools.According to BMC officials, Zen’s case has once again illustrated the importance of disaster management training for the common man.
The BMC disaster management cell has imparted training to over 6,000 people this year.Mahesh Narvekar, chief, BMC disaster management cell, said, "The civic body imparts free-of-cost training to students and teachers in schools and colleges to enable them face various kinds of natural and man-made disasters like fire, building collapse, bomb blasts, earthquakes, floods, cyclones etc. The training involves how to use domestic devices effectively to douse the fire, first aid delivery, how to make a stretcher by using available tools, dos and donts in case of calamities, etc.In a majority of schools and colleges, the training is given directly to teachers, who then educate others in their institutes, Mr Narvekar added.
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September 08, 2020
Bistro probably led to the fire
Mumbai municipal commissioner Ajoy Mehta said the action against illegal alterations and constructions at commercial establishments will continue. Mumbai: A week after the deadly Kamala Mills blaze in which 14 people died, Mumbai fire brigade department on Friday came out with their report concluding that flying embers from lighted charcoal used in illegal hookah at the Mojo’s Bistro probably led to the fire.The fire department report clearly states that the source of the fire was from Mojo&STORZ COUPLING IN ALUMINUM39;s restaurant and not 1 Above.The report claims that the embers came in contact with the decorative curtains at the restaurant, which were combustible in nature, thus causing the fire to spread rapidly, fanned through a pedestal fan. It also states that high-velocity winds and combustible decorative furniture spread the fire rapidly."It was revealed from most of the eye witnesses that hookah was served at Mojo's restaurant at the time of fire...
There is every possibility that during removal of lighted charcoal from the segree (stove) and or transferring it into Hookah or during the fanning of the charcoal the flying burning embers came in contact with the combustible curtains/decorative material nearby and started the fire," the report stated.The report has clarified that none of the two restaurants -- Mojo's and 1 Above -- had permissions to serve liquor and hookah but still they served them.Although there was an emergency exit, the pub staff seemed to be unaware of it, it said.Beer kegs near the exit path also blocked the escape and the kegs eventually exploded and escalated the fire, the report said.Most of the victims were trapped in the toilet of the pub and died of suffocation, the police had said earlier.Mumbai municipal commissioner Ajoy Mehta said the action against illegal alterations and constructions at commercial establishments will continue."
We will start taking action across the city against all commercial restaurants and pubs and those who have illegal alterations. They have respite for 15 days so that they have time to remove the illegal constructions on their own without damaging their reputation," he said.Rs 1 Lakh bounty for info on 3 # ownersThe Mumbai police has announced a reward of Rs 1 lakh on Friday to those providing information on the whereabouts of the owners of ‘1 Above’ pub in the Kamala Mills compound, a police spokesperson said. The pub owners, Kripesh Sanghvi, Jigar Sanghvi and Abhijeet Mankar, have been absconding ever since a fire claimed 14 lives on December 29.
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September 02, 2020
Fire extinguishers and first aid kits
Airbnb hosts can list many features as amenities available with their listings, including parking, wi-fi, laundry or a pool, as well as safety features like fire extinguishers and carbon monoxide detectors."Every listing on Airbnb clearly states the specific safety amenities it has, including smoke and carbon monoxide detectors, fire extinguishers, and first aid kits, so guests can look first and then decide whether that home, tree-house, yurt, or igloo is the one they want to book or not,†Shapiro said. While hotels in the U.S. The relatively high rates of smoke detectors in Nashville and Portland might be explained by both cities requiring prospective hosts to register a venue and obtain a permit, the study team writes. cities have smoke detectors, only about half have carbon monoxide detectors and even fewer have fire extinguishers or first aid kits, a new study suggests.Representational Image.com is an independent website that compiles publicly available information about Airbnb listings posted by Airbnb hosts. Some hosts might not list these features even when they have them available, especially if they live in apartment or condo buildings that are responsible for providing some of these amenities, the researchers also point out.â€. But just 58 percent of rooms and homes in the study had carbon monoxide detectors, only 42 percent had fire extinguishers and a mere 36 percent had first aid kits.3 million fires resulting in over 2,500 deaths and $14 billion in property damage in the U.Researchers focused on fire safety features listed among the amenities in almost 121,000 rental listings available through Airbnb in 16 cities including Boston, Chicago, Denver, Los Angeles, New Orleans, New York, San Francisco, Seattle, and Washington, D.
The data cover a broad period and capture a snapshot of amenities reported by hosts that might not represent what’s actually available in venues nationwide, the authors note.There were more than 1.Across all the cities in the study, the availability of smoke detectors ranged from a low of 74 percent of listings in Austin, Texas, to a high of 90 percent of venues in Nashville, Tennessee.C. "At Airbnb we give out free smoke and carbon monoxide detectors to each and every host who wants one; we have been doing this for the last three years.In February 2018, Airbnb introduced a new rental program with enhanced features and amenities, Airbnb Plus, which only includes listings with smoke and carbon monoxide detectors, Nick Shapiro, global head of trust and risk management for Airbnb, said in an emailed statement. Portland, Oregon, was the only city where more than half of the venues had first aid kits.Airbnb has more than 4 million venues for rent worldwide, in 65,000 cities and 191 countries, according to the study authors. are required to provide fire safety features like maps to exits, fire doors, fire extinguishers, sprinklers and smoke detectors, the same regulations don’t apply to short-term accommodations rented in private residences, they write. "Whether a home is listed on Airbnb or not, all homes and hotel rooms should have smoke and carbon monoxide detectors, fire extinguishers and first aid kits,†Shapiro added.com between October 2015 and December 2016.S.
Even though most rooms and homes rented through Airbnb in major U. in 2015 alone, the researchers note in Injury Prevention.S. InsideAirbnb.Fire extinguishers were less common, and were listed in only 29 percent of rentals in New York City. This includes approximately 600,000 listings in the U.S. Smoke detectors were China fire couplings manufacturers listed among the amenities in more than 96,000 venues overall, representing 80 percent, the study found.To assess fire safety features, researchers examined data collected by the website InsideAirbnb. About 58 percent of venues listed carbon monoxide monitors, with a range from 37 percent in Austin to 74 percent in Denver."This is really surprising because most fire deaths and carbon monoxide poisonings happen in residential housing,†study co-author Vanya Jones of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore said by email.
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