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160 firemen work tirelessly to keep Mumbai sanitised
Updated On: 30 April, 2020 07:30 AM IST | Mumbai | A correspondent
Over the past month, 32 fire brigade teams have disinfected over 3,000 places, including hospitals and COVID-19 containment zones

A fireman sanitises a street in Mumbai
As many as 160 personnel of the Mumbai Fire Brigade (MFB) have been keeping your city clean in an effort to prevent the spread of the deadly novel Coronavirus. Thirty-two teams of the MFB have sanitised more than 3,000 places, including hospitals and containment zones, over the past month.
The MFB teams, following the instructions of the BMC's health department, have disinfected 3,063 spots using 2.47 lakh litres of sodium hypochlorite. They have been disinfecting hospitals and the areas, which have been sealed following a spurt in cases of COVID-19 infections, on alternate days. The fire department said they are using 17 quick response vehicles, nine mist blowing machines and six boom mist machines to sanitise the affected places.


