The fire brigade’s report into the March 25 fire at Sunrise Hospital in Dreams Mall in Bhandup has observed that the cause of the fire was an electric short circuit that started in a store selling electrical equipment on the upper ground floor. The report said the fire started around 11.15 pm, but the fire brigade was called only at 11.57 pm.

The report also pointed out illegal addition in the mall. It says firefighting equipment, alarms, sprinklers in the mall were not operating either.