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Published: 09 Mar 2021 09:23 AM BdST
Updated: 09 Mar 2021 09:23 AM BdST
Nine people were killed in a huge fire that broke out in an office building in central Kolkata s Strand Road on Monday evening, NDTV reports. );
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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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Kolkata fire: PM Modi announces Rs 2 lakh ex-gratia to next of kin of deceased ANI | Updated: Mar 09, 2021 08:28 IST
New Delhi [India], March 9 (ANI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday condoled the loss of lives in the fire that took place in Kolkata Monday evening and approved an ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh to the next of kin of the deceased persons, and Rs 50,000 to those who were seriously injured.
At least nine people, including four personnel of the fire department, two Railway personnel and an Assistant Sub Inspector of Police (ASI) died in the incident at a 13-storied-office building of the Eastern Railway in Kolkata s Strand Road, Union Minister Piyush Goyal informed.
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