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DISASTERS - FIRE -
KOLKATA - 2013 |
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Date-wise Events |
- February 27, 2013: It was a
fire accident that occurred in a five-storeyed marketplace
in Kolkata, the capital city of West Bengal, India, on 27
February 2013. An estimated 19 people, who were mostly
labourers working in the market were killed in the accident.
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Description |
Initial reports indicate
the fire might have been initiated by a short circuit in the
first floor of the market. The fire accident in the second major
fire in Kolkata after the 2011 AMRI hospital fire accident that
killed 90 people. |
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