Firefighters in the press press in Salt Lake, sector-5 in Calcutta. May 2, 2025. Photo Credit: Debasish Bhaduri
Mayor of Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC), Firhad Hakim, on Friday (May 2, 2025) ordered the closure of all roof restaurants in the city after the announcement issued on the same day. The Directive comes only three days after the devastating fire absorbed the Riturai Hotel in the central Calcutta and demanded 14 lives, including the lives of two children.
“The load and covering of the roofs is illegal because it is a common space. In the case of fire, the roof must be used for safety. According to Kolkata’s construction rules, all roof restaurants are unlawful. He warned that KMC would submit cases against equipment that do not meet the order.
Mr. Hakim also emphasized the importance of citizens’ responsibility about fire and urban security. A high -level committee has been created for exploration of various buildings throughout the city and is expected to submit its report within 15 days.
Referring to Hotel Ritaj Hotel Mayor pointed out that blocking the rear east to create worship, significantly prevented escape for those who died. This is followed on Thursday (May 1, 2025), where it ordered a joint team that ordered a joint team consisting of police, civil servants and fire brigade to perform surprising inspections of similar facilities, a visit to the main Minister Mame Banerjee. Mrs. Banerjee also visited some restaurants.
Fire of the Salt Lake factory
Another large fire broke out in the related development on Friday in the Salt Lake Calcutta. Twelve firefighters rushed on the scene and after three hours he was under control.
Massive explosions were reported from the factory website in sector 5, urban information technology (IT) mushrooms. Visuals shared offices showed strong smoke and towering flames visible from kilometers away, causing extensive panic because the images quickly circulate on social media.
The head of the Ministry of Schools and Emergency Services Sujit Bose, who visited the place to assess the situation, said: “Our workers managed to control fire. But the fire source is overheated. Our firefighters are trying to get a place to get complete control.” He noticed the presence of high -inflammatory materials inside the factory that represented challenges for effort. The cause of the fire must still be determined and no loss or injury has been reported.
Body identified
On Friday, all 14 bodies from the hotel fire were identified by Riturai; Two remained unidentified until Thursday.
Police Kolkata carried out two arrests on Thursday in conjunction with fire. “Two people, namely Akash Chawla, the owner of the hotel, and its manager Gaurav Kapoor, were arrested,” the police statement confirmed. On Thursday evening, the third individual Khurshid Alam, a supplier responsible for interior work in the hotel, allegedly aroused the rules of construction.
The post of mortem of the victims revealed that 13 deaths were caused by the effects of asphyxia and inhalation of carbon soot injury and thermal burns. One person died after a jump from the top of the building and tried to escape the fire.
In the past, Kolkata has witnessed several main firefighting tragedies, including the Stephen court in March 2010 and the fire of the AMRI hospital in December 2011, resulting in significant loss of life.
Published – 2 May 2025 9:53
