15 perish in Kolkata hotel blaze


On the scene: Firefighters assembling outside the Rituraj Hotel in Kolkata. — AP

A FIERCE fire ripped through a hotel in the Indian city of Kolkata killing at least 15 people, police said, with some clambering out of windows and onto the rooftop to escape.

Several people were rescued from rooms and roof of the budget hotel yesterday, said Kolkata police chief Manoj Verma, after the fire broke out on Tuesday evening.

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