Kolkata, April 30 -- The massive fire at a hotel in Burrabazar, located in the city's central business district, has claimed 14 lives and left several others critically injured. However, this is not the first time the West Bengal capital has been ravaged by a deadly blaze. Over the past 15 years, the city has witnessed more than a dozen devastating fire incidents, resulting in deaths of dozens of people.
The deadliest fire incident in Kolkata's history occurred on December 9, 2011, when a blaze at AMRI Hospital in Dhakuria, allegedly caused by a short circuit in a basement illegally used to store flammable materials, claimed 90 lives, mostly patients trapped inside as smoke rapidly spread through the ventilation system.
The incident occur...