Nine Dead in Kolkata Hotel Fire

Kolkata. At least nine people died and six were injured in a fierce fire that broke out in a hotel in Kolkata, the capital of India's West Bengal state, on Wednesday morning.

The fire broke out at around 1:45 AM in the hotel on Mirza Ghalib Street in central Kolkata, police said. Five fire engines reached the spot immediately after receiving information about the fire. Police and disaster management teams also immediately started rescue and relief work.