2013 Kolkata market fire

The 2013 Kolkata market fire was a fire accident that occurred in a five-storeyed marketplace in Kolkata, the capital city of West Bengal, India, on 27 February 2013. An estimated 19 people, who were mostly labourers working in the market were killed in the accident. Initial reports indicate the fire might have been initiated by a short circuit in the first floor of the market. The fire accident in the second major fire in Kolkata after the 2011 AMRI hospital fire accident that killed 90 people.