In West Bengal, the death roll in the Kolkata fire tragedy has gone up to 62. A devastating fire had broken out in the basement of the AMRI hospital in Dhakuria in the southern part of the city this morning.

The fire broke out at around 4 in the Friday morning and the ICCU ward of the hospital was severely affected. Twenty five fire tenders were pressed in to service.

AIR Correspondent reports that the fire has been dowsed and rescue operation is on. Several patients have been rescued by the firemen.

Chief Minister Ms. Mamta Banerjee has announced a compensation of three lakh rupees each to the next of the kin of the victims in the fire. She said that a criminal case will be registered against the management of the private hospital AMRI holding it responsible for the deaths. She has also ordered the cancellation of the licenses of three AMRI hospitals located in the city.

AIR Correspondent reports that the Chief Minister, who visited the hospital, said that 42 bodies have been brought to the SSKM hospital in the city for postmortem. Patients of the AMRI hospital have been shifted to the other nearby hospitals in Kolkata.

Member (health) Mayor- in- Council of Kolkata Municipal Corporation Atin Ghosh said most of victims died following suffocation.

The AMRI hospital in South Kolkata have come out with two Helpline numbers. The Numbers are – 9932215296 and 9831225601.