WITHOUT LIFT, AN UPHILL TASK
With water and power connections snapped, some 60 families say they will return to the Beaumonde highrise once the services are restored PROBLEMS FACED BY RESIDENTS OF B WING
No water and power connections
Out of service elevators Water and muck in the common areas of all floor
HOW THE FIRE STARTED
The fire broke out on the
32nd floor of the 33-storey Beaumonde towers in Prabhadevi at 2.30pm on Wednesday
It spread to the 33rd floor within minutes and to the 31st floor after two hours
It was doused after eight hours of firefighting
Two firemen — Harishchandra Raorane, 54, and Shivaji Achrekar, 53 — complained of suffocation
WHAT OBSTRUCTED OPS?
The hydraulic ladder with a maximum reach of 91 metres (30 floors) could access the top floors
The base of the building impeded the efforts This led firefighters to take the stairs to reach the burning floor and douse the flame. They also used internal firefighting system.
PLAN TO BOOST FIREFIGHTING
The fire brigade has 18 turntable ladders
The tallest ladder can reach up to 91 meters (30 floors) The fire brigade plans to buy three turntable ladders (64 meters) in this year
It also plans to equip itself with water transportation system — pumps that can be used during fire emergencies to extract water from a distance of up to 2.5km of the spot
It wants to buy three such pumps