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A Kolkata hotel fire claimed nine lives early Wednesday morning. Six individuals sustained injuries and received immediate medical attention. Meanwhile, a separate incident in Birbhum resulted in seven fatalities. This second fire occurred at a private hotel in Tarapith on Tuesday. Investigations into the causes of both tragic fires are currently underway.
A fire broke out at a hotel at 15H Mirza Ghalib Street in central Kolkata around 2 am on Wednesday, fire brigade sources said.
A massive fire broke out at a hotel on Mirza Ghalib Street in central Kolkata around 2 am leaving at least nine people dead and six others injured in West Bengal, according to PTI.Officials from the fire department informed that all the deceased were Bangladeshi nationals who had come to the city for medical treatment.— PTI_News (@PTI_News) Fire tenders rushed to the spot and brought the blaze under control, with rescue operations carried out through the night.The cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained, and further details are awaited from authorities.
The blaze erupted around 2:00 am, trapping several guests inside the building
The blaze erupted around 2 a.m.; at least 15 others were rescued from the hotel
Leaders of Opposition parties say the Suvendu Adhikari government cannot entirely put the responsibility for such incidents on the previous Trinamool Congress government
The family had arrived in India on August 3.
Of the nine, five are Bangladeshi nationals and one each from Bihar and West Bengal; two victims are yet to be indentified; the hotel’s owner, Bireshwar Mitra, is still absconding, said police.