Kolkata fire tragedy: Manager, deputy manager of Wow! Momo arrested; 25 bodies recovered so far

KOLKATA: Kolkata Police connected Friday arrested manager Raja Chakraborty and lawman manager Manoranjan Sheet of Wow! Momo pursuing a monolithic occurrence successful the Anandapur country of South 24 Parganas.At slightest 25 workers were killed successful the blaze.

The occurrence broke retired astir 3 americium connected Monday successful a godown belonging to Pushpanjali Decorators and rapidly dispersed to the adjoining warehouse operated by Wow! Momo, a concatenation with an all-India presence. With inflammable goods stacked successful some facilities, the structures were rapidly consumed by flames, making flight astir impossible. Locals said lone 3 of astir 37 workers contiguous successful the 2 godowns managed to flee. Except for the 3 employees who were successful the Wow! Momo unit, each the others were successful the Pushpanjali godown. Most of the workers hailed from neighbouring districts and lived connected the premises. Earlier this week, a spokesperson for Wow! Momo said their Nazirabad warehouse began operations 3 years agone and complied with each occurrence information protocols. “Twenty-eight occurrence extinguishers were installed wrong the warehouse. The godown that belongs to the decorator’s institution did not person immoderate compliance and the occurrence dispersed from there,” helium said. Rescue operations are ongoing, with authorities searching done the debris for the missing workers, portion investigations proceed into the origin of the fire.