10 killed, 13 injured in UP hotel fire
Hindustan Times :
At least 10 people, including two women, were killed and several others injured in a fire that broke out in a hotel in Uttar Pradesh’s Pratapgarh on Friday, police said.
The fire started at the Goyal Hotel in Babaganj area under Kotwali police station early in the morning when most of the hotel guests were asleep.
Those killed were identified as Basant Narain (35), Om Prakash (35), both doctors, Manoj Sharma (30), who is a journalist with a Hindi Daily, Satyavrat (40), Brijesh Kumar (32), Dileep (22) and Priyanka (24) and Khalik Kirmani (50).
According to reports, a guest staying in the hotel was the first to raise an alarm and inform the fire department.
At least 10 people, including two women, were killed and several others injured in a fire that broke out in a hotel in Uttar Pradesh’s Pratapgarh on Friday, police said.
The fire started at the Goyal Hotel in Babaganj area under Kotwali police station early in the morning when most of the hotel guests were asleep.
Those killed were identified as Basant Narain (35), Om Prakash (35), both doctors, Manoj Sharma (30), who is a journalist with a Hindi Daily, Satyavrat (40), Brijesh Kumar (32), Dileep (22) and Priyanka (24) and Khalik Kirmani (50).
According to reports, a guest staying in the hotel was the first to raise an alarm and inform the fire department.