A late-night fire that spread from a decorator’s warehouse to an adjoining fast food factory killed at least three workers, with more than 20 feared trapped inside, on Calcutta’s southeastern fringes off EM Bypass. ADVERTISEMENTThe three charred bodies pulled out — probably they did not lie deep inside the gutted buildings in Nazirabad Road near Anandapur — remain to be identified. Baruipur police said in the evening that 21 other workers, reported missing by their families and friends, were feared to be inside. Fire officials said they had spotted cooking utensils and stoves inside the warehouse that could be the source of the fire. Else, how shall we know whether our loved ones are trapped inside?” said a relative of Anup Pradhan, 32, a Pingla native employed at the decorator’s warehouse.

Source: The Telegraph January 27, 2026 01:23 UTC