India, Jan. 29 -- The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday slammed the Mamata Banerjee-led government over the deadly fire that razed two warehouses at Nazirabad near Kolkata earlier this week, demanding the resignation of the state fire minister and a hike in the compensation announced by the state government for the victims' families.

The fire, which broke out in the early hours of Monday, has killed at least three people, while as many as 27 people remained missing till Wednesday. Some of those missing had called their families, saying they were trapped in the warehouse fire.

"We have received 27 missing complaints from families claiming that their kin, who worked in the two warehouses, remain untraceable till Thursday evening. T...