Kolkata: At least seven people were killed and two other people went missing in a major fire at the 13th floor of the Eastern Railway’s office at Strand road in Central part of the city on Monday evening.
The fire was detected around 6.10 pm. The high rise called Koilaghata Building, is located beside the Hooghly river.
The 13th floor houses the accounts office, said ER employees who evacuated the building. The person who was hurt did not sustain any major injury, they said.
Chief minister Mamata Banerjee reached the spot at 10.15 pm.
Ms Banerjee who are supervising the rescue operation said seven people were burnt alive and two others went missing.
The Chief Minister said that the fire was now under control.
She announced Rs 10 lakh each and a government job to the kin of family.
The Chief Minister elaborated that the deaths happened when the victims were using lift which got electrecuted and caught fire.
“Seven people including four fire fighters, two Railway Protection Force(RPF) personnel and an assistant sub-inspector of the Kolkata Police died while fighting a massive blaze, the fire at a high rise building that houses the offices of the Eastern Railway at Kolkata’s Strand Road,” state Fire Minister Sujit Bose said.
Seven killed, two missing in a fire at the Eastern Railway’s office at Strand road
