The Fire and Emergency Services Department in Bengaluru has commenced the survey of rooftop restaurants, bars, cafe and other F&B businesses in the city to generate data on how many such establishments are operating without implementing fire safety measures. This comes after the Mudpipe cafe fire accident, which critically injured a cook who worked at the hookah bar, at Koramangala near Forum Mall on Wednesday, October 18.
The building where this cafe-cum-hookah bar was set up on fourth floor is over 15 meters high but had not secured a No Objection Certificate (NOC) from the fire department. This was found during preliminary inquiry conducted by the police department. This has now called for a wider investigation into such cafes which are functioning across the city without NOC. Home Minister G. Parameshwara has also instructed the fie department to ensure stern implementation of fire safety protocols.
