"Initially, light smoke was seen around 11 am, but by 11.30 flames were seen gushing out of windows with thick black smoke," eyewitnesses told news agency PTI.
Last month, patients at Kolkata Medical College had to be frantically moved to a safer place after fire engulfed a pharmacy store in the ground floor of the building. No one was injured in the accident. In September, major fire broke out in the Bagree market. It took over 30 hours for fire fighting personnel to curtail the blaze.
Fire breaks out at in a high rise building on Kolkata's park street. 10 fire tenders at the spot. PIC/ANI.
More details are awaited.