Kolkata, Jan 29 (IANS) The death toll in the Anandapur warehouse fire on the southern outskirts of Kolkata reached 23 on Thursday with over 25 people still missing, sources said. Meanwhile, the fire department and forensic team have submitted their preliminary report on the incident. The report states that the fire did not originate from the Wow Momo factory, but from the adjacent ill-fated Pushpanjali decorator’s warehouse.Although the Pushpanjali warehouse owner, Gangadhar Das, who was arreste…
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Kolkata, Jan 27 (IANS) The West Bengal government has announced financial assistance of Rs 10 lakh each for the families of those killed or missing in the devastating warehouse fire in Anandapur. The announcement was made by State Urban Development Minister and Kolkata Mayor Firhad Hakim during his visit to the fire site on Tuesday afternoon.Hakim stated that the compensation cheques will be handed over once the bodies or body parts are identified. He added that the police will seek permission f…
Kolkata, Jan 26 (IANS) The death toll in a massive fire at a warehouse in the Anandapur area on the southern outskirts of Kolkata rose to seven on Monday, a state police official has confirmed.At the same time, missing diaries have reported about 20 persons who were there at the warehouse when the fire broke out early Monday morning. However, the police have yet to reveal the identities of the seven charred bodies recovered from inside the warehouse.State police insiders said that bodies had bee…