A massive fire swept through a 150-year-old multi-storeyed heritage building housing offices and residences in Kolkata’s busy Park Street on Tuesday leaving at least six dead and 20 injured.
The fire which broke out at the six-storeyed Stephen Court building at 2.15 pm on Tuesday was brought under control in the night after the firemen battled hard to rescue trapped people.
The Stephen Court, located in the heart of the city, houses the iconic 100-year-old Flury’s confectionery house Peter Cat restaurant and a large music store called Music World and several other offices.
Preliminary investigations indicate the fire may have started from a lift between the fifth and the sixth floors as a result of a short circuit and soon spread upwards and sideways, forcing people to move out of the windows to precariously perch themselves on narrow parapets and ledges waiting for help.