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After The Indian Express reaches out, airline issues press statement

In interesting claim, the family of two of the deceased wants airline to compensate them for the loss of lives, saying that passengers were the responsibility

A day after three persons died in a blaze, the fire brigade served notice on Hotel Galaxy in Santacruz on Monday to immediately comply with fire safet

Mumbai: Santacruz’s Hotel Galaxy, where a young NRI couple who were to wed soon and a Gujarat businessman died in Sunday’s blaze, has been issued a no.

NRIs Kishan Halai and his 25-year-old fiance Rupal Vekaria were among the three persons who died in the fire in a Mumbai-based hotel on Sunday

An NRI couple, who were soon to wed, died in a fire accident at Mumbai's Galaxy Hotel. The Kenya-based couple was staying in the hotel due to a rescheduled flight when the incident occurred.

The blaze broke out on the third floor of the hotel on Sunday afternoon, killing Kishan Halai (28), Rupal Vekaria (25), and another person Kantilal Vara (50). | Mumbai news

Kishan, Rupal, her mother and sister were accommodated in the ground-plus-four-storey Galaxy Hotel in suburban Santacruz by the airlines concerned after their flight was rescheduled, said Suresh Kara, sarpanch of Rampar village in Mandvi taluka of Gujarats Kutch district.

Officials from the MFB told Express on Monday an inspection carried out after the incident revealed that the fire guidelines were not implemented by the hotel management and the MFB will be disconnecting the electricity and water connection to the building.