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B’luru: 5 dead as fire breaks out at bar, victims were sleeping

PTI
Published : Jan 8, 2018, 7:48 am IST
Updated : Jan 8, 2018, 8:06 am IST

The five who died were employees at the restaurant and were sleeping inside when the blaze started.

The fire department said people noticed the blaze and smoke at around 2:30 in the morning.  (Photo: ANI | Twitter)
 The fire department said people noticed the blaze and smoke at around 2:30 in the morning. (Photo: ANI | Twitter)

Bengaluru: Five employees of a bar-cum-restaurant were charred to death when a major fire broke out at Kumbaara Sangha building in Kalasipalya in Bengaluru in the early hours on Monday, police said.

The incident occurred at 2:30 AM at Kailash Bar and Restaurant when the employees were asleep.

Police identified the victims as Swami (23), Prasad (20), Mahesh, all residents of Tumakuru,  Manjunath (45) from Hassan and Keerthi (24) from Mandya.

"An incident of fire has occurred at Kailash Bar and Restaurant located in the ground floor of Kumbaara sangha building (in the vegetable market area). Fire and smoke was noticed by some persons at around 2.30 AM and fire services were pressed into action. Two fire tenders and one fire rescue vehicle attended to it and it has been doused," a senior police officer said.

The cause of fire was unknown and was being investigated, he said

Tags: bengaluru fire, kr market, kalasiplaya
Location: India, Karnataka, Bengaluru