Mumbai: Two days after a devastating hotel fire in Delhi’s Malviya Nagar claimed 21 lives and exposed alleged violations of fire safety and building regulations, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) launched a citywide fire safety inspection drive.Fire safety under scanner: BMC launches citywide safety auditThe civic body, along with the Mumbai Fire Brigade, will conduct a special inspection drive between June 6 and June 20 to check fire safety compliance across malls, star-rated hotels, lodging and boarding establishments, banquet halls, party venues, rooftop restaurants, pubs, nightclubs, bars, gymkhanas and other public eating houses.The civic body has also initiated action against five eating houses, Walkman Bar, Bora Bora, China Gate, Caravan Serai and Hometown, in Andheri West after finding illegal kitchen structures and extensions in mandatory open spaces meant for safety access.The civic body demolished the illegal structures and extensions and seized 17 commercial LPG cylinders, one nitrogen gas cylinder, four cooking ranges and a microwave oven during the operation.Additional Municipal Commissioner (City) Dr Ashwini Joshi directed all eating houses to keep emergency exit routes unobstructed at all times and ensure strict adherence to fire safety norms.She urged establishments to maintain firefighting systems such as fire extinguishers, sprinkler systems, fire alarm and detection systems, kitchen ducting systems and hydrant systems in proper working condition as mandated under the Maharashtra Fire Prevention and Life Safety Measures Act, 2006.