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Mumbai Kamala Mills report: Fire caused due to charcoal used for hookah

Mumbai Kamala Mills report: Fire caused due to charcoal used for hookah

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The Fire brigade investigation report in connection to Mumbai Kamala Mills fire has revealed?that fire originated from MoJo's Bistro and then spread to 1 Above pub

The fire brigade investigation report in connection with Mumbai's Kamala mills fire has revealedthat fire originated from MoJo's Bistro and then spread to 1 Above pub.

The report said the cause of thefirewas due to the charcoal used for hookah.

The management of 1-Above had previously claimed that they are being "targeted". They blamed Mojo's Bistro on the floor below for not having an emergency exit, leading to overcrowding of the escape avenues at1-Above.

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Meanwhile, the Mumbai police today registered FIR against the owners of Mojo Bistro and 1 Above pubs for alleged illegal construction.

The policeissued a lookout notice for the Sanghvi brothers, the owners of 1 Above pub.The accused pub owners areyet to be arrested and the police are still trying to trace them.

The Mumbai police haveannounced a reward of Rs 1 lakh for the person who gives information about three accused in the Kamala Mills fire.

A deadly fire tore through Kamala Mills complex on December 28 which claimed 14 lives. The majority of those killed were women attending a birthday party at a rooftop restaurant.