At least 15 people were killed when a fire broke out at a hotel in Calcutta, northeast India, police said today. Many other tenants were “rescued” by rooms and the roof of the hotel, the police chief in Calcutta, Mano Verma, said in the press. The fire broke out yesterday night and has now been under control. However, it claimed the lives of “at least 15 people”, according to the same source. Buildings fires are tragically common in India, due to lack of equipment to prevent them and that security rules in general are not respected. According to a report by the Press Trust of India (PTI) agency (PTI), which was recorded by visual material as the hotel was in flames, “many people were seen as they were trying to escape” from the fire “from windows” of the building. According to the same source, there are at least one woman and two children among the victims. According to a report posted in the online edition of The Telegraph newspaper […]
Source: News Beast
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