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The New Koilaghat building that housed several railway offices and servers for ticketing across several parts of India lacked a fire certificate even after the state fire and emergency services department had notified some shortcomings following an inspection in 2015, fire department officials said. Police on Tuesday filed an FIR against the “responsible authority” for causing death due to negligence and for contravention of provisions of fire prevention and safety norms at the Eastern Railways office in the New Koilaghat building. A fire that started there on Monday evening killed nine and injured one. Senior railway official Utpal Acharya, 58, is in the ICU of a railway hospital. ....
Worked for: West Bengal Fire and Emergency Services as an auxiliary fire operator Purkait was one of those who had jumped into the rescue of patients at the AMRI Hospital in Dhakuria after a fire broke out at the hospital in December 2011, leaving 92 dead. He was only 14 then but did not think twice before joining few others in bringing out the trapped patients. On Monday night too, Purkait didn’t think twice and was one of the first to enter the building when fire was engulfing the 13th floor, said his colleagues. Purkait was in one of the elevators and his body was recovered along with several others. ....