At least 15 dead including children after huge inferno rips through hotel as people ‘jumped off building’ to avoid blaze
A DEVASTATING fire has killed at least 15 people including one woman and multiple children in a horror hotel inferno in India. Several people were injured after a huge blaze ripped through the Rituraj Hotel in central Kolkata - forcing guests to jump out their windows to escape.
Local cops confirmed that people were rescued from rooms and roof of the budget hotel.
Police chief Manoj Verma said: "The death toll has risen to 15, including two children and a woman."
He also said a probe had been launched to investigate the blaze.
The horror scene saw the hotel turn into "a gas chamber and it appears that many people suffocated to death", the chief added.
Terrifying footage on social media showed guests climbing out the windows and onto the rooftop to get away from the blazing inferno.
Aftermath pictures showed firefighters working tirelessly to put out the fiery blaze.
At least a dozen people suffered burn injuries and received treatment as a result of the raging fire.
The Rituraj Hotel was housing 88 guests when the inferno broke out, and has a total of 42 rooms.