Workers killed in blaze at illegal leather bag factory

22/11/2006

Nine people were killed and another 18 were seriously injured when a large fire broke out in the early hours of the morning at an illegal leather bag factory in the Topsia area of
Kolkata, India.

According to reports, the unit was housed on the third floor of a four-storey building and those inside were unable to escape as the doors were reportedly locked. The cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained.