Updated On: 11 May, 2015 07:11 AM IST | | Shashank Rao
<p>Experts blame the narrow streets and haphazardly parked vehicles for compounding the fire disaster on Saturday; they demand that steps be taken to control the burgeoning number of vehicles in the city</p>

Narrow escape: Fire fighters douse the fire at Gokul Niwas on Saturday. Hardly 3 metres wide, the roads were blocked with vehicles parked haphazardly, leaving little space for the fire brigade.
While it is common knowledge that the increasing number of vehicles poses a major challenge for Mumbai with its limited space, the events on Saturday can now leave no doubt that vehicular congestion is an immediate threat that needs to be dealt with to prevent a disaster similar to the fire at Kalbadevi.