The tragic event in West Bengal this week occurred in the early hours of Wednesday went a hotel in Central Kolkata caught fire. It killed at least 9 people and 60 people have been rescued. 9 people, including two children, were killed on Monday in a hotel fire in Tarapith, a temple town in the Birbhum region of West Bengal.
“The fire in Kolkata has claimed 9 lives. Six Men, two women and a kid are among the deceased. There have been no injuries. The identities have not yet been determined,” stated Praween Prakash, deputy Police commissioner for Kolkata Central division.
Around 2 in the morning, the five-storey Shikha Inn hotel on Kolkata 15H Mirza Ghalib Street caught. After a few hours, the fire was put out after four fire trucks arrived on the site.
“We saved almost 60 people without any injuries. 9 or more individuals were discovered unconscious.” According to a fire department official, “they were hurried to the hospital.”
Among the kolkata hotel fire faitalities are citizens of Bangladesh
Bangladeshi nationals who had flown to Kolkata for medical care among the victims. Information from cited fire department sources.
Eighty people have been saved from the five-storey structure. Information according to a senior official.
“We are attempting to identify them. This building is in extremely poor condition. This structure has many hotels. Fire department Minister Kaushik Chowdhury told media, ” I am shocked to see what was going on here.”
When ask what caused the fire, the Minister suggested that a short circuit may be to blame. ‘But a forensic examination would revealed what led to the fire,” he added.
The wounded have been sent to a hospital closed by.
They was just one entrance and exit to the hotel
Sources claim that the fire started during the Shikha inn hotel’s second deluge. There was just one entry and exit to the hotel, according to Survivors. There were indeed no exit for emergencies.
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