Bengaluru, Aug. 17 -- Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar on Sunday blamed the owners of illegal buildings for the fire in Bengaluru's Nagarathpete that killed five people from Rajasthan, saying notices will be issued to such structures with orders to strengthen them or face demolition, while also announcing Rs five lakh compensation for each victim's family.

"It is the fault of the building owner. I am going to issue a notice to everyone. They have to strengthen the building. All buildings here are illegal buildings... If they don't strengthen the buildings, we will have to break all of them. I have instructed the authorities to take strict action here... Five people died here. All were from Rajasthan... The government has ann...