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Massive Mumbai Fire | PM Modi, President Kovind and Maharashtra CM Fadnavis extend condolences to victims
Updated : Dec 29, 2017, 10:24 AM IST
Hours after a massive fire claimed 14 lives at Mumbai's Lower Parel area, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday expressed shock over the incident and paid his condolences to bereaved families.
"Anguished by the fire in Mumbai. My thoughts are with the bereaved families in this hour of grief. I pray that those injured recover quickly," Prime Minster Modi tweeted.
Anguished by the fire in Mumbai. My thoughts are with the bereaved families in this hour of grief. I pray that those injured recover quickly: PM @narendramodi
— PMO India (@PMOIndia) December 29, 2017
President Ram Nath Kovind also paid his condolences to the affected families and wished fast recovery of the injured.
"Disturbing news about the fire in Mumbai. Condolences to the bereaved families and wishing the injured an early recovery. Commend the valiant efforts of fire-fighters and those in rescue ops," he tweeted.
Disturbing news about the fire in Mumbai. Condolences to the bereaved families and wishing the injured an early recovery. Commend the valiant efforts of fire-fighters and those in rescue ops #PresidentKovind
— President of India (@rashtrapatibhvn) December 29, 2017
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has ordered an in-depth probe into the tragedy.
“Disturbing to know about the loss of lives in unfortunate Kamala Mills fire incident in Mumbai. My thoughts are with the families who lost their loved ones and prayers for the speedy recovery of the injured. Directed the BMC Commissioner to conduct an in-depth enquiry,” Fadnavis tweeted.
“BMC Commissioner has visited in the midnight itself and has taken stock of the situation. Asked him to take strong action against erring officials immediately,” the Chief Minister said in another tweet.
Disturbing to know about the loss of lives in unfortunate #KamalaMills fire incident in Mumbai.
— Devendra Fadnavis (@Dev_Fadnavis) December 29, 2017
My thoughts are with the families who lost their loved ones and prayers for the speedy recovery of the injured.
Directed the BMC Commissioner to conduct an in-depth enquiry.
BMC Commissioner has visited #KamlaMills in the midnight itself and has taken stock of the situation.
— Devendra Fadnavis (@Dev_Fadnavis) December 29, 2017
Asked him to take strong action against erring officials immediately.
In the early hours of Friday, a massive fire engulfed Mumbai's Kamala Mills Compound in the Lower Parel claiming 14 lives.
Confirming the number of dead and injured, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) also informed that among the injured, two are in a critical condition.
The postmortems reveal that all the deaths were due to suffocation, confirmed Doctor Rajesh Dere of King Edward Memorial.
Meanwhile, transmission of the TV channels ET Now, Mirror Now, Zoom and TV9 Marathi, who also use the compound, have also been affected due to the fire.