At least 89 killed so far in the massive fire at AMRI private hospital in Kolkata, at West Bengal of India. Nearly, 160 patients were admitted in the Hopital, The Times Of India said quoting hospital sources. Additional director general, Fire Services, D Biswas was quoted as saying that patients who died were admitted in the critical care and orthopaedic units and were unable to move. The private nursing home said a "sudden fire was detected in the basement" of an annex around 3:30am. Among the dead, there are 70 patients and three staff of the multi-storeyed private hospital which turned into a towering inferno in the early morning. The bodies of the other victims are being identified. The fire spread fast from the basement of the hospital, engulfing one ward after the other and trapping hundreds of people. While many patients died of burns, several others died due to suffocation. Kolkata police said 60 patients were rescued and shifted to other ...
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