Fire


  • A huge fire broke out in a slum area on the eastern outskirts of Kolkata on Friday, a state fire department official said. No casualty has been reported in the incident so far.

  • The charred Carlton Towers in Bengaluru was sealed on Wednesday, a day after a major fire broke out claiming nine lives and injuring about 60 people. Police and fire officials said it could have turned into a worse inferno as the terrace was stocked

  • Violations, panic caused deaths
    February 24 2010 | By DC Correspondent

    Feb. 23: A combination of fire safety violations in Carlton Towers occupants’ ignorance of the building’s layout and panic caused the tragic deaths of nine people when a

  • Trapped bravely tweeted updates
    February 24 2010 | By DC Correspondent

    Feb. 23: Social networking sites kept friends and relatives in touch with those caught inside Carlton Towers as they posted minute-by-minute updates on Twitter about what they were going

  • ‘Our Bency is no more’
    February 24 2010 | By DC Correspondent

    Feb. 23: “Our receptionist Bency Kumar jumped from the seventh floor and we could do nothing to stop her

  • Traffic snarls delay rescue efforts
    February 24 2010 | By DC Correspondent

    Feb. 23: Traffic was thrown out of gear for at least four hours Tuesday afternoon when a fire broke out at Carlton Towers on HAL Airport Road