2013 Kolkata market fire

When

27 Feb 2013

Kind

Fire

Coordinates

22.57° N, 88.37° E

Description

a fire that occurred on February 27, 2013 at a five-storey market in Kolkata

Placed at the area, not an exact site.

Building fire in Kolkata, India

The 2013 Kolkata market fire was a fire in a five-storeyed marketplace in Kolkata, the capital city of West Bengal, India, on 27 February 2013. An estimated 19 people, who were mostly labourers working in the market were killed in the fire. The fire may have been initiated by a short circuit in the first floor of the market.

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