Deadly Fire in Kolkata, India
People help evacuate patients after a fire broke out at a hospital in Kolkata, India, Friday, Dec. 9. The fire swept through the multistory hospital in eastern India early Friday, trapping residents in the smoke-filled building. (AP/Bikas Das)
Rescue workers use ropes to evacuate a person from the hospital. The death toll from the fire has risen to 89. (AP Photo)
People stand watching outside a hospital after it caught fire in Kolkata. (AP/Bikas Das)
Crowds gathers outside. The fire has left leaving dozens dead, many from smoke inhalation. (AP/Anupam Nath)
A firefighter walks into the basement of the hospital to douse the fire. (AP/Anupam Nath)
Staff watch the rescue operations after their hospital caught fire. (Reuters)
School children in Jammu perform a prayer ritual for the fire victims. (Reuters/Mukesh Gupta)
Chief Minister of West Bengal state Mamata Banerjee sits outside a morgue where bodies of victims of a fire are kept. (AP/Anupam Nath)
A man mourns the death of his relative, a casualty of the fire. (Reuters/Rupak De Chowdhuri)