Fire Dept, BMC set new guidelines for buildings with glass facades

Date: 27 September 2013

Three months after a blaze in a glass facade building claimed four lives at Andheri, the fire department and BMC have come out with a fresh set of guidelines for such buildings.

These include openings on every floor of high-rises with shiny glass facades, smoke seals and barriers laid between walls and the facade, water curtain systems, etc.

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