Nine people, including two women and a child, died of suffocation after a fire broke out in a building housing multiple hotels and guest houses on Kolkata?s Mirza Ghalib Street recently. The deaths have triggered a five-member police probe and a fresh government-ordered safety audit of hotels, lodges, and guest houses across the locality.The new scrutiny comes against a troubling backdrop. A fire services official said an audit launched after the Rituraj Hotel blaze in April 2025, which killed 1
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