A fire at a private hospital in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata on Friday killed 89 people, most of them patients who choked to death because of the smoke, police said. According to dpa, it was the second major blaze at the Advanced Medicare and Research Institute (AMRI) since December 2008. An electrical short circuit was the likely cause of the fire, a senior AMRI official said. But the fire department lodged a complaint with the police against the hospital authorities for negligence and violating safety norms, prompting the hospital's license to be revoked, NDTV reported. Six members of the AMRI board, including the two owners, RS Goenka and SK Todi, were arrested, NDTV reported. The victims included three hospital staff and 27 women. Only 65 of the 89 bodies had been identified by the evening. A further 92 patients were admitted to other hospitals after being rescued, police said. The fire broke out in a basement storage area, according to West Bengal Municipal Affairs Minister Firhad Hakim.
