CM Shivakumar, the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) chief engineer who was injured in the fire accident earlier this month at the BBMP head office, passed away on Wednesday, August 30. 45-year-old Shivakumar was among nine BBMP staff members who were injured in the blaze at the Quality Control and Quality Assurance Laboratory (QAL) on August 11. A resident of RR Nagar and originally from Nanjangud, he held the position of a full-time superintendent engineer in the BBMP's stormwater drain department. He was also in charge of the newly established QAL.