Five people were killed in a fire that broke out at a restaurant-cum-bar in Bengaluru's Kalasipalya area on Monday. All victims were sleeping inside Kailash Bar and Restaurant, which is located in city's Kumbaara Sangha building. "An incident of fire has occurred at Kailash Bar and Restaurant located in the ground floor of Kumbaara sangha building (in the vegetable market area). Fire and smoke was noticed by some persons at around 2.30 AM and fire services were pressed into action. Two fire tenders and one fire rescue vehicle attended to it and it has been doused," a senior police officer told PTI.

Source: dna January 08, 2018 02:16 UTC