Horrific accident: Massive Fire in AMRI Hospital, 93 dead

Thursday, December 29, 2011, 17:20 [IST]

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The city of joy faced calamitous fire that swept through the floor of south Kolkata's AMRI hospital, the devastating fire consumed around 150 lives on Dec 9, 2011. The incident was more heartbreaking as most of the victims were patients.

Few months back, the fire service department had inquired the hospital and asked it to upgrade its fire safety mechanism. The hospital didn't follow the mechanism and the flammable materials turned into a dreadful incident. The six top bosses of AMRI hospitals are under police custody.

Topics: fire, kolkata, west bengal

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