MUMBAI, Nov. 10 -- Congress MLA Amin Patel has sought an inquiry into the alleged 45-minute delay in the fire brigade's response to the fire at Noor Baug, which gutted a large number of small-scale industrial units on Sunday night. In a letter to additional municipal commissioner Prajakta Lavangare-Verma, Patel said the Memonwada and Wadi Bunder fire stations are three minutes from the location, and the Byculla fire station is five minutes away. And yet, he said, the first fire engine took nearly 45 minutes to reach the site, by which time the fire had spread considerably. He also asked why the fire had not been escalated from a Level-II incident to Level III, given its scale. The resultant financial losses to the traders are enormous, Patel said in his letter, calling for the suspension of the chief fire officer pending action in the matter. Denying any negligence, chief fire officer Ravindra Ambulgekar said fire tenders had reached the narrow lanes on time, but were blocked by unauthorised structures whose legality was circumspect. "There are a lot of LPG cylinders stored illegally and a huge number of godowns where chemicals and highly combustible materials are stored illegally. Bring that under control before blaming the fire brigade," he said....