This tragedy is a wake-up call for restaurateurs

After a buzzing week-long Xmas extravaganza, who would have thought that Kamala Mills in Lower Parel, home to some of the fanciest eateries and pubs in the city, would turn desolate. Yet, that's exactly what happened. By Friday morning, a pall of fear and sorrow had descended over the area, after the previous night's devastating fire claimed 14 lives. The incident has shaken up Mumbaikars, many of whom are now uncertain about their New Year plans.

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All 14 people killed in Thursday night’s fire died of asphyxiation.This transformation, however, has not been smooth. The 14 deaths in the early hours of December 28 at a high-end restaurant, 1Above, in the Kamala Mills compound in Lower Parel is only a grim reminder of this haphazard conversion. The sprawling 37-acre compound is now bursting at the seams and several major restaurant companies have opened outlets here; but little or no fundamental alteration was made to the space. In Kamala Mills as well as other former industrial spaces, restaurants and high-end bars operate in
former storage spaces, where alterations such as making emergency exits are simply not possible.

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