Bengal: 65-year-old woman killed in Howrah apartment fire, 12 rescued
At least 12 people residing on other floors of the five-storey building at Andul in West Bengal’s Howrah district were rescued by locals, police and fire brigade personnel
A 65-year-old woman named Gopa Mukherjee lost her life when a fire broke out in an apartment complex in Howrah district, West Bengal on Wednesday afternoon, according to police. The blaze erupted around 1 pm on the second floor of a five-storey building at Andul. The woman, who was living alone in the house, was pronounced dead, with her charred body recovered later.
Neighbors and locals rushed to douse the flames and alerted the Domjur police station and the fire brigade. Five fire tenders were deployed, and the fire was extinguished within an hour. Upon inspection, fire brigade officials found the victim's remains. A local resident recounted how the fire alarm was triggered by the smell of smoke, and they were alerted by the maid.
The individual escaped the building and rushed to inform others. This incident follows another fatal fire in Kolkata last week, where 9 people lost their lives, including 2 children, and 60 others were rescued. This is the second such tragedy in West Bengal within a week, following a hotel fire in Tarapith, a temple town in Birbhum district, which also claimed nine lives.
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