Kolkata: Fire sweeps through nursing home

Dawn.com Published December 9, 2011
An Indian fireman shouts orders as rescue workers evacuate people from Amri Hospital after a fire engulfed the private hospital in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata. ? AFP Photo
An Indian fireman shouts orders as rescue workers evacuate people from Amri Hospital after a fire engulfed the private hospital in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata. ? AFP Photo
Rescue workers evacuate people after a fire engulfed a hospital in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata on December 9, 2011. ? AFP Photo
Rescue workers evacuate people after a fire engulfed a hospital in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata on December 9, 2011. ? AFP Photo
A firefighter smashes glass windows of the AMRI Hospital nursing home as he searches for survivors ? AP Photo
A firefighter smashes glass windows of the AMRI Hospital nursing home as he searches for survivors ? AP Photo
People help carry a patient out of a hospital after it caught fire in Kolkata, India, Friday, Dec. 9, 2011. The fire swept through the hospital early Friday, sending emergency workers scrambling to evacuate patients and medical staff from the smoke-filled building, officials said. ? AP Photo
People help carry a patient out of a hospital after it caught fire in Kolkata, India, Friday, Dec. 9, 2011. The fire swept through the hospital early Friday, sending emergency workers scrambling to evacuate patients and medical staff from the smoke-filled building, officials said. ? AP Photo
People help carry a patient out of a hospital after it caught fire in Kolkata, India, Friday, Dec. 9, 2011. The fire swept through the hospital early Friday, sending emergency workers scrambling to evacuate patients and medical staff from the smoke-filled building, officials said. - AP Photo
People help carry a patient out of a hospital after it caught fire in Kolkata, India, Friday, Dec. 9, 2011. The fire swept through the hospital early Friday, sending emergency workers scrambling to evacuate patients and medical staff from the smoke-filled building, officials said. - AP Photo
Fire officials rescue a patient from the window of a nursing home after it caught fire in Kolkata, India, Friday, Dec. 9, 2011. ? AP Photo
Fire officials rescue a patient from the window of a nursing home after it caught fire in Kolkata, India, Friday, Dec. 9, 2011. ? AP Photo
A relative cries after a fire broke out at a nursing home in Kolkata, India, Friday, Dec. 9, 2011. ? AP Photo
A relative cries after a fire broke out at a nursing home in Kolkata, India, Friday, Dec. 9, 2011. ? AP Photo
Fire officials try to enter a nursing home after it caught fire in Kolkata, India, Friday, Dec. 9, 2011. ? AP Photo
Fire officials try to enter a nursing home after it caught fire in Kolkata, India, Friday, Dec. 9, 2011. ? AP Photo
People rescue patients after a fire broke out at a nursing home in Kolkata, India, Friday, Dec. 9, 2011- AP Photo
People rescue patients after a fire broke out at a nursing home in Kolkata, India, Friday, Dec. 9, 2011- AP Photo
Fire officials try to rescue patients trapped inside a nursing home after it caught fire in Kolkata, India, Friday, Dec. 9, 2011. ? AP Photo
Fire officials try to rescue patients trapped inside a nursing home after it caught fire in Kolkata, India, Friday, Dec. 9, 2011. ? AP Photo
A woman cries after a fire broke out at a nursing home in Kolkata, India, Friday, Dec. 9, 2011.- AP Photo
A woman cries after a fire broke out at a nursing home in Kolkata, India, Friday, Dec. 9, 2011.- AP Photo
People stand outside a nursing home after it caught fire in Kolkata, India, Friday, Dec. 9, 2011. ? AP Photo
People stand outside a nursing home after it caught fire in Kolkata, India, Friday, Dec. 9, 2011. ? AP Photo

A fire swept through the multistory nursing home in eastern India early Friday, trapping many elderly residents in the smoke-filled building. Atleast 30 people have lost their lives in this incident, Deputy Police Commissioner B. Dasgupta told AFP, adding 60 people had been rescued. West Bengal state minister Sirhad Hakeem said many more patients are believed to be trapped in the nursing home.

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