New Delhi – A fire broke out through a hotel in Kolkata city in Eastern India, killing at least 14 people, police said on Wednesday. Senior police officer Manoj Kumar Verma told reporters that a fire broke out at the Rituraj Hotel in Central Kolkata on Tuesday evening and was drowned after an attempt to take six fire engine. The cause of the fire was not immediately clear.
Photos and videos made in Indian media showed people trying to escape through the windows of the building and narrow verges.
The Telegraph newspaper in Kolkata said that at least one person died while he was trying to escape from a balcony.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi posted on X that he was “suffering” from the loss of life in the fire.
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Fire is common in India, where builders and residents often build laws and security codes. Activists say the builders often cut the corners on security to save the cost and have accused the civil officials of negligence and apathy.
In 2022, at least 27 people were killed when a four -storey commercial building in New Delhi, however, caught fire on a large scale.
