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On receiving information, fire tenders were rushed to the spot and the blaze was doused, sub-divisional magistrate Shahnawaz Ahmad Niyazi said.

Officials suspect a short circuit in some lights placed near the ornamental plants used to decorate the pillars of flyover, caused the fire.

No one was injured in the incident; police said adding that a short circuit was suspected to have triggered the fire.

At least nine people were killed in an inferno in a multi-storeyed building in Kolkata, which houses zonal offices of Eastern Railway and South Eastern Railway on Monday.

He said all possible assistance has been provided by the Railways to the state government during this “unfortunate” fire accident.

Out of the seven deceased, four were firefighters, one assistant sub-inspector posted at the Hare Street police station and one RPF personnel, Fire and Emergency Services Minister Sujit Basu said

Armed with blowers, beaters and other equipment, the two teams comprising five members each, swung into action and controlled the fire from spreading further.

The police officer, however, added that she frequently changed her statements and also said that she was not aware how she reached the hospital from the third floor of her college building.

Police suspect a short circuit in the shop had led to the fire.

The blaze erupted around 6.30 am in the shops located on the ground floor of the three-storey building.

On receiving information, the fire personnel reached the spot and doused the fire immediately.

According to the police, the hotel staff noticed fire and smoke emanating from the building and alerted the Fire department.

Flames were extinguished using two fire engines brought from Adilabad fire station.

The explosion occurred around 6 am (local time) near a residential area in Jinzhou district of Dalian.

Five labourers died in the fire which broke out in a five-storeyed under-construction building in the Serum Institute of India's Manjari premises in Pune.

At least 10 fire-tenders from Pune Fire Brigade rushed to the site and were battling the blaze, the cause of which is not clear.

The victim, identified as Mohammad Aamir has succumbed to his injuries during treatment at the hospital on Friday night and his last rites were performed by his distant relatives and neighbours on Saturday evening.

Taking a strong note of the shocking incident, Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray ordered an investigation into the cause of the fire.

Bheemini Sub-Inspector Komuraiah said the deceased was identified as Ade Rukmini Bai, wife of Kondu Mera

According to the fire officials, the fire broke out around 11.30 p.m on the upper floor of the building housing the Canara Bank at Narayanguda