A fire breaks out early Monday morning at Hotel Bidishini (also spelled Bideshinii) near Tarapith police station in Birbhum, West Bengal, and engulfs the four-storey building. Reports say the blaze starts around 4:30 am while guests are asleep, and six people are reported killed, with several others injured.
Firefighters respond and control the flames, while injured guests are taken to Rampurhat Government Medical College and Hospital. One outlet reports five deaths, while another reports six, and both describe multiple seriously injured people. The hotel is described as being near a pond, and the incident is under investigation by local authorities, with the cause of the fire not yet established in the reports provided.
