Kolkata hotel fire: Two more Bangladeshis identified among dead

Latest confirmations raise Bangladeshi death toll to 7 8 MIN(s) UPDATED 8 MIN(s) Two more Bangladeshi nationals have been identified among those killed in the devastating fire at a hotel in India's Kolkata, raising the number of confirmed Bangladeshi victims to seven.The latest victims were identified as Alimuzzaman Sa

Around 80 people were rescued from the building,which also houses other guest houses, lodges, eateries,offices and retail outlets.KOLKATA: Nine people, at least five of them Bangladeshi nationals, choked to death in their sleep after a fire broke out at a lodge inside a five-storey building on Free School Street in cen

The blaze erupted around 2 a.m on the second floor of Sikha Inn; 60 people were rescued from the five-storey building on Mirza Ghalib Street where several guest houses were operating

Initial reports suggest the fire may have been triggered by an air-conditioner explosion, though the exact cause is yet to be confirmed.