‘Managed to wriggle out onto a ledge’: How 14 died in Kolkata hotel fire

A fire erupted at Hotel Rituraj in Kolkata’s Mechhua wholesale fruit market, resulting in one death and multiple injuries. A man died after jumping from a ledge in panic, while another fractured his leg attempting to escape. Firefighters and disaster management teams rescued several individuals, some suffering from smoke inhalation, as concerns arose about others potentially trapped inside.