One fallout of the rains that are lashing the city are the number of fires (freak or otherwise) adding to the general air of alarm and panic. There were three fires reported on one day — a short circuit at Siyaram Silk Mill at Kamala Mills, another at Mira Road station and one at Virar station on a day of disasters for Mumbai.

While there were no casualties, this cannot allow us to lapse into complacency as is our wont. When we escape a big calamity, there is an attitude of good we have been saved, but little effort to learn lessons or press for change.