Railway Minister Piyush Goyal has set up a high-level committee to ascertain the cause of the fire at an Eastern Railway office building in Kolkata in which nine people were killed on Monday. The fire, which broke out on the 13th floor of the sprawling New Koilaghat building on Strand Road at around 6.10 pm on Monday, is now under control and the cooling process is on, officials said. Sincere condolences to the families of the nine brave deceased including the four firefighters, two Railways personnel and a police ASI who have been fighting the fire at the Eastern Railways Strand road office in Kolkata.
Nine dead in fire at Eastern Railway headquarters in Kolkata
Nine dead in fire at Eastern Railway headquarters in Kolkata
Kolkata: Nine people were killed in a huge fire that broke out in an office building in central Kolkata’s Strand Road on Monday evening.
Among the dead are four firemen, a police officer, a Railways officer and a security person, officials said.
Five of the nine bodies were found in an elevator on the 12th floor. The victims appeared to have suffocated and burnt to death inside the lift.
Railway Minister Piyush Goyal has expressed grief over the incident and ordered a high-level probe to ascertain the cause of the fire.
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The incident took place at New Koilaghat building on Kolkata s Strand Road. The building housed offices of the Railways. Photo: IANS
Updated: Mar 9, 2021, 08:02 AM IST
At least nine persons were killed in a major fire that broke out on the 13th floor of a multi-storeyed building in Kolkata s Strand Road area on Monday evening.
A Kolkata Police official said that the incident occurred at 6:10 pm. This building has zonal offices of Eastern Railway and South Eastern Railway and there is a computerized ticket booking center on the ground floor. So far, nine deaths have been confirmed. Among the dead are 4 firemen, two railway workers and a policeman. According to the information, all of them were going to the floor above the lift, but in the meantime the light went off. Eastern Railway said that the fire was brought under control at 11 o clock on Monday night.
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Railway Minister Piyush Goyal has set up a high-level committee to ascertain the cause of the fire at an Eastern Railway office building in Kolkata in which nine people were killed on Monday. The fire, which broke out on the 13th floor of the sprawling New Koilaghat building on Strand Road at around 6.10 pm on Monday, is now under control and the cooling process is on, officials said. Sincere condolences to the families of the nine brave deceased including the four firefighters, two Railways personnel and a police ASI who have been fighting the fire at the Eastern Railways Strand road office in Kolkata.
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