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Kolkata: Massive Fire Destroys Slum, Leaves Hundreds Homeless The office of Sarada Mayer Bari, the residence of Sarada Devi â the wife of 19th century spiritual thinker Ramakrishna, was severely damaged as well. Smoke billows from a slum area after fire broke out in it, at Bagbazar in Kolkata, Wednesday, January 13, 2021. Photo: PTI Urban14/Jan/2021 Kolkata: A massive fire in north Kolkata’s Bagbazar area on Wednesday evening destroyed the makeshift houses of hundreds of people, leaving them homeless in the winter. Twenty-seven fire tenders took around four hours to control the blaze that broke out around 6.55 pm in the Hazari slum. Wind blowing in from the Ganga could also have spread the fire, local media has speculated. ....