{"id":2430336,"date":"2025-05-02T17:19:02","date_gmt":"2025-05-02T21:19:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/deadly-hotel-fire-kills-14-children-among-the-victims\/"},"modified":"2025-05-02T17:22:33","modified_gmt":"2025-05-02T21:22:33","slug":"deadly-hotel-fire-kills-14-children-among-the-victims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/deadly-hotel-fire-kills-14-children-among-the-victims\/","title":{"rendered":"Deadly Hotel Fire Kills 14, Children Among the Victims"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdeadly-hotel-fire-kills-14-children-among-the-victims%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2430336&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A tragic hotel fire in Kolkata,India,resulted in the deaths of 14 individuals,including 11 men,a woman,and two children. Most fatalities were attributed to smoke inhalation, exacerbated by thick black fumes from burning materials within the hotel. One employee died after attempting to escape by jumping from the building. The fire required the efforts of six <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-gov-abbott-deploys-aid-to-hurricane-ida-recovery-efforts\/\" title=\"Texas Gov. Abbott deploys aid to Hurricane Ida recovery efforts\">fire engines<\/a> to extinguish it, and investigations later revealed that the hotel lacked a valid fire license, with many <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">safety features malfunctioning<\/a>, including fire alarms and sprinklers.<\/p>\n<p>Survivors recounted harrowing experiences as they attempted to escape the rapidly spreading smoke. Following the incident,authorities launched a manhunt for the hotel&#8217;s owner,Akash Chawla,who was reportedly missing. Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed condolences and announced compensation for the victims\u2019 families. The cause of the fire remains undetermined, although it is suspected to have originated on the first floor, where construction work was occurring. two investigative committees were formed to investigate the circumstances leading to the blaze,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/anti-human-eco-brats-deface-one-of-the-oldest-monuments-on-earth\/\" title=\"Activist Group Vandalizes Ancient Monument\">highlighting ongoing concerns<\/a> about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-former-leader-at-ai-giant-warns-safety-has-taken-a-backseat\/\" title=\"Former AI Giant Leader Raises Concerns Over ... Neglect\">safety neglect<\/a> in similar incidents across India.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>A hotel fire killed 14 people in Kolkata, India, Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<p>Among the dead were 11 men, one woman, and two children, most of whom died of smoke inhalation, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraphindia.com\/west-bengal\/kolkata\/14-die-in-central-kolkata-hotel-inferno-glare-on-fire-safety-lapses-illegal-construction-prnt\/cid\/2096898\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Telegraph<\/a> India.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Plywood and adhesive, if burned, give rise to thick black fumes. That is what happened in this case. The fumes spread to the entire building,&rdquo; a divisional fire officer said.<\/p>\n<p>One of the hotel employees died after jumping from the building to escape the flames.<\/p>\n<p>It ultimately took six fire engines to douse the inferno at the Rituraj Hotel.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Afterward, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/dei-cripple-la-fire-departments-response-wildfires-know\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fire department<\/a> filed a complaint against the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/serena-williams-whines-about-being-denied-access-to-hotel-restaurant-gets-brutal-fact-check-in-response\/\" title=\"Serena Williams Whines About Being \u2018Denied Access\u2019 to Hotel Restaurant, Gets Brutal Fact Check in Response\">hotel&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s owners for allegedly operating without a valid fire license.<\/p>\n<p>Many of the hotel&rsquo;s fire safety features weren&rsquo;t even working.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If at least the fire alarm had worked, many lives could have been saved,&rdquo; a senior fire department official said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/13-year-old-cancer-survivor-dj-daniel-sends-warning-democrats-mean-president-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Survivors<\/a> reported that the sprinklers in their rooms never turned on, either.<\/p>\n<p>The designated fire exit was also reportedly blocked.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;My nephew, who was downstairs, phoned to alert me about the fire,&rdquo; Akash Agwarwal, one of the 99 survivors, said after the blaze.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I thought that my family and I would run down to safety. But the moment I opened the door, a thick black wave of smoke hit me in my face. I shut the door and tried to look for an opening in the window. Luckily, I found one.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/black-community-feels-pain-alleged-slasher-gets-low-bail-murders-beloved-neighbor-momma-zee-police\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Police<\/a> launched a search for the hotel&rsquo;s owner, Akash Chawla, who hasn&rsquo;t been seen since the fire.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, India Prime Minister Narendra Modi issued a statement on the social media platform X.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Anguished by the loss of lives due to a fire mishap in Kolkata. Condolences to those who lost their loved ones. May the injured recover soon.<\/p>\n<p>An ex-gratia of Rs. 2 lakh from PMNRF would be given to the next of kin of each deceased. The injured would be given Rs. 50,000: PM&hellip;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; PMO India (@PMOIndia) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PMOIndia\/status\/1917423501172171028?\">April 30, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>While the cause of the fire has not yet been determined, it likely originated from the first floor. The hotel was adding a bar extension, which adjoined the kitchen, fire director-general Ranveer Kumar said.<\/p>\n<p>Two investigative committees have since formed to probe the incident, including to determine if the hotel even had permits for the extension work.<\/p>\n<p>Such fires are common in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/nuclear-powers-india-pakistan-brink-war-armed-conflict-possible-within-hours\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">India<\/a>, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/india-kolkata-fire-dee742962073a1d96800424905f645c1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Associated Press<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>While builders and residents are often to blame for shirking fire and building codes, activists also accuse civic authorities of being negligent and apathetic.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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The victims included 11 men, one woman, and two children, with most fatalities attributed to smoke inhalation, as reported by The Telegraph India. A divisional fire officer stated that burning plywood and adhesive produced thick black smoke that engulfed the building. One hotel staff member died after jumping from the structure to escape the flames. It took six fire engines to extinguish the blaze at Rituraj Hotel.<\/p>\n<p>Following the incident, authorities filed a complaint against the hotel&#8217;s owners for allegedly operating without a valid fire license and noted that many safety features were non-functional. A senior official mentioned that if the fire alarm had been operational, lives could have been saved. Survivors also reported that sprinklers did not activate and that designated exits were blocked.<\/p>\n<p>One survivor recounted receiving a call from his nephew about the fire while he was downstairs; upon opening his door to escape with his family, he was met with thick smoke but managed to find an opening through a window.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities are searching for Akash Chawla, the hotel&#8217;s owner who has been missing since the incident. Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed condolences on social media and announced compensation for victims&#8217; families: Rs. 2 lakh for each deceased&#8217;s next of kin and Rs. 50,000 for those injured.<\/p>\n<p>While investigators have yet to determine what caused the blaze\u2014suspected to have started on the first floor near an extension being added\u2014the situation highlights ongoing issues with adherence to safety regulations in India\u2019s construction practices<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2430337,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Kolkata.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[32327,4294,54510,54511,4931],"class_list":["post-2430336","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-breaking-news","tag-children","tag-deadly-fire","tag-hotel-tragedy","tag-victims"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Kolkata.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2430336","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2430336"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2430336\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2430341,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2430336\/revisions\/2430341"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2430337"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2430336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2430336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2430336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}