Fire in a bar at Bengaluru; 5 charred to death

mangaloretoday news network

Bengaluru, Jan 07: Five people died after a fire broke out early morning at a bar in Bengaluru’s Kalasipalyam area early morning today.

All the five people were employees of the Kailash Bar and Restaurant, where the fire broke out at around 2.30 am. They were sleeping inside the premises when locals noticed smoke and fire emanating from the restaurant.

Two fire tenders and one other rescue vehicle were pressed into service and the fire was brought under control. The cause of the fire was unknown at the time of last updating this report.

The fire comes days after fire and emergency services in Bengaluru launched a safety audit of restaurant, bars and pubs. The fire-safety audit was launched in the wake of the deadly restaurant fire at Mumbai’s Kamala Mills.

That fire killed 14 people and the high number of causalities were believed to have been a result of fire-safety violations at the restaurant where the blaze broke out.

The five killed in today’s fire in Benglauru were identified as 23-year-old Swami, 20-year-old Prasad, 45-year-old Manjunath, 24-year-old Keerthi , and 35-year-old Mahesh. Kailash Bar and Restaurant is licensed in the name of one RV Dayashankar.