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Major fire in Kolkata building, 22 killed, 6 injured

Kolkata: Twenty people were killed and six others injured in a devastating fire on the first two floors of a building housing a market, in the early hours of Wednesday.

West Bengal Disaster Management minister Javed Ahmed Khan told reporters here that 20 persons were killed in the blaze and six injured, with the condition of two critical.
According to fire department officials, plastics, paper and cloth were stored in the godowns in the building. The ground floor and the first floor which sustained the maximum damage housed 200 shops.

The Fire Services minister, who rushed to the spot and supervised fire-fighting operations, said firemen and police cordoned off the building and the blaze was brought under control in three hours by 26 fire-tenders.

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