India, July 18 -- The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) and the Mumbai Fire Brigade held two emergency review meetings on Thursday to assess their response to the July 15 car fire incident in the Mumbai Coastal Road's undersea tunnel and identify measures to prevent a repeat of the panic that gripped motorists.

While officials maintained that the tunnel's safety infrastructure functioned as designed and ruled out any major shortcomings on their part, they discussed a series of measures, ranging from changes in emergency coordination to public awareness, mock drills and enhancements to communication systems.

The meetings were held a day after a moving car caught fire in the southbound tunnel of the coastal road, filling sections o...