India, Dec. 9 -- Goa authorities on Tuesday began demolishing Romeo Lane, the Vagator beach shack owned by Saurabh and Gaurav Luthra, following an order from chief minister Pramod Sawant.

The demolition work started on Tuesday evening, PTI news agency reported, with visuals circulating on social media appearing to confirm the action.

The action follows a widening search for the brothers, who fled to Thailand shortly after the blaze gutted their nightclub-cum-restaurant, Birch by Romeo Lane, late Saturday, killing 25 people.

According to Goa Police, the brothers boarded a New Delhi-Phuket IndiGo flight at 5.30am on Sunday, barely hours after the fire. Officers said a lookout notice had already been issued with the Bureau of Immigration....