The Kolkata Police, on Thursday, arrested the owner and the manager of the hotel at Madan Mohan Burman Street in central Kolkata, where a devastating fire claimed 15 lives.
Fire services personnel are trying to ascertain the cause of the blaze, although they suspect a short circuit at a tea shop on the ground-floor of one of the houses.
According to the sources, more than 50 slums or shanties were destroyed by the fire that broke out near Kolkata's EM Bypass-Park Circus connector at No 24 bus stand area on Tuesday evening.
The blaze spread fast as a number of gas cylinders from households exploded in the fire, creating panic among the residents.
Thirty fire tenders rushed to the spot to douse the fire. Mayor Sovan Chatterjee visited the area early in the morning to oversee the firefighting efforts.
A fire broke out in a four-storey building here on Wednesday, officials said. “The fire broke out on the top…
A major fire gutted a textile godown inside a market in Khidderpore area in southern part of the metropolis on…
