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Kolkata market fire: Death toll rises to 21 as another person succumbs to his injury

Press Trust of India | Posted on Mar 02, 2013 at 09:19pm IST

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Kolkata: The toll in the blaze at the Surya Sen Market in Kolkata rose to 21 on Saturday with another persons succumbing to injuries in hospital.

"One person with 80 per cent burns died in hospital. The toll is now 21," Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime) Pallab Kanti Ghosh said.

The blaze had broken out at a five-storey building in Sealdah housing the market on February 27.

Death toll in Kolkata market fire rises to 21

The blaze had broken out at a five-storey building in Sealdah housing the market on February 27.

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