However, it did not name the property from where the fire started.The massive fire that swept through the pub left 14 people dead and 21 injured. "We have formed several teams and are collecting information about the hotels and restaurants, after getting complaints of unauthorised constructions by them. Several ward officers are also carrying out inspection and razing illegal structures," BMC spokesperson Ram Dotonde said.A fire brigade official said they are trying to ascertain what exactly led to the fire. "We are probing if the flames during a fire stunt by a bartender at the pub came in contact with plastic sheets that covered the bamboo structure and triggered the blaze. Many panicked patrons took shelter in a toilet, where they were suffocated to death.The same central Mumbai area, a former textile mill district now dotted by swanky glass-and-concrete towers, had witnessed death of 23 people in a stampede at a railway bridge on September 29 in 2017.

Source: Times of India December 30, 2017 11:37 UTC