India, April 21 -- Two persons were killed and three others injured in a fire, which broke out in a cloth godown, in north Kolkata early on Monday.

Police said that five persons got trapped in the fire which broke out in a cloth go-down on the third floor of a commercial building on Pathuriaghata Street after midnight.

"While three persons could be rescued, two were missing. Their bodies were recovered in the morning. They didn't have any burn injuries. They might have died of asphyxiation because of the smoke," said an IPS officer of Kolkata Police.

Local residents said that the two deceased were local priests who used to stay in a small room near the terrace.

Fire brigade officials said that even though the fire broke out around 1 a...