Laughter, Then Horror, as Flames Engulfed Upscale Mumbai Restaurants<br />31, 2017<br />MUMBAI, India — Aksheeta Doshi Shroff and a few family members were relaxing at 1 Above, a rooftop restaurant<br />in a trendy district of Mumbai, when a small fire broke out shortly after midnight on Friday.<br />Three people at 1 Above have been charged with culpable homicide,<br />and several municipal officials were suspended for failing to enforce fire safety codes.<br />But the fire turned lethal, and by the early morning, 14 people were dead at 1 Above and a neighboring restaurant, Mojo’s Bistro.<br />The restaurant said in a statement that it had all the required fire safety measures in place, and staff received regular fire training.<br />On Saturday, bulldozers directed by the local authorities demolished more than 300 illegal structures blocking roads around the city, including in Kamala Mills, where cabs<br />and people smoking cigarettes outside clubs further congest the streets in the early morning.<br />Local news media have reported accusations of safety oversights by the owners of 1 Above, including illegally serving alcohol<br />and hookah on a terrace, blocking exits and leaving potentially explosive gas cylinders on the rooftop.<br />Mr. Giri had that One was falling, one didn’t have clothes, one had burns, one was missing a shoe.<br />Officials with the Mumbai Fire Brigade said that it was still unclear what had caused the fire.
