India, Jan. 28 -- At least 14 samples of human remains were sent for forensic analysis on Monday to ascertain the number and identities of those killed in a massive fire that gutted two warehouses and an adjacent three-storey building at Nazirabad near Kolkata, police said.

"We have sent 14 exhibits, including skulls, bones and mangled remains of human bodies which were charred beyond recognition, to the forensic laboratory for analysis. Given the condition of the human remains, it is difficult to estimate the body count without forensic analysis. It could be that two exhibits belong to one person," an officer from the Baruipur police district said.

The deadly fire, which broke out in the early hours of Monday, has killed at least three...