Probe into Crawford Market blazeThe Mumbai fire brigade will conduct an investigation into the fire which gutted the four-storey Fatima Manzil at Musafirkhana behind Crawford Market on Wednesday.Deputy Chief Fire Officer T G Nankani told Express Newsline that the cause of the blaze has not yet been ascertained. ``We shall thoroughly inspect the building and try to pinpoint the reason for the fire and its consequent flare-up,'' Nankani said.The fire, which claimed two lives and injured 15 persons, began at around 7.30 pm. It was brought under control past midnight though cooling operations continued till 6 am today. Nankani said the two bodies recovered from the third floor were those of fourth-floor residents who were burnt to death while climbing down the staircase.He said that though there were shops on the ground floor, most of the building up to the third storey was used for commercial purposes. Eight persons are still in hospital, fire brigade said.Support for MARDstrike ALL the post-graduate students and interns of Government Dental College will go on a token strike on Friday to express their support for the on-going agitation of the Maharashtra Association of Resident Doctors (MARD). MARD has been agitating for higher pay and better living conditions.Award for poet Suman Poet Dr Shiv Mangal Singh, popularly known as ``Suman'' has been chosen for the prestigious Dayavati Modi's `Kavi Shekhar Award' for the year 1999. The decision to this effect was taken by the selection committee under the chairmanship of Pandit Vidyanivas Mishra. The award, which consists of Rs two lakh in cash, citation and a srifal, will be given at a function to be held this month in Mumbai. Earlier recipients of the award are poets like Ashok Vajpayee, Kedarnath Singh, Vinod Kumar Shukla and Ram Dashrath Mishra.
