Telangana: Probe Ordered Into Gulzar Houz Fire
CM orders joint inquiry; govt urges old buildings to adopt fire safety
Hyderabad: Five departments will probe Sunday’s fire in a building at Gulzar Houz that left 17 people dead. Fire, police, GHMC, revenue and HYDRAA would jointly probe the tragedy and submit a report to the government.
Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy had ordered the inquiry into the fire accident on Sunday.
As part of measures to prevent such fire mishaps in future, the government would involve local public representatives to impress upon residents of old buildings to install fire safety measures in the interest of their safety, Hyderabad in-charge minister Ponnam Prabhakar said, according to PTI.
A team from the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) is scheduled to visit the scene for investigation, a senior police official told PTI.
The official further said a fire accident case was registered in connection with the incident. Further investigation would proceed as per its findings, he added.
