Fourteen people have died, and several others have sustained burns after a massive fire broke out at a hotel in Kolkata's Burrabazar on Tuesday night. The blaze started around 8:30 PM at Hotel Rituraj, located in the Mechua fruit market area of Burrabazar. One hotel employee died after jumping from the roof while attempting to escape the fire.
Once the fire was contained, firefighters and disaster response teams entered the building for a search operation. During the operation, 13 additional charred bodies were found in various rooms of the hotel.
Police Commissioner Manoj Verma confirmed that 14 bodies had been recovered from the hotel, and several individuals were rescued. A special team has been assigned to investigate the incident, and further inquiries are ongoing. The bodies have been sent to RG Kar Hospital and Neel Ratan Sarkar Medical College for post-mortem.
Source: With input from India TV news