89 killed in India hospital fire

The police in India have arrested 6 members of the board of a hospital after 89 people were killed in a fire that broke out in the facility.



Officials say most of the victims were patients, who were trapped after the flames spread through the hospital, in the eastern Indian city of Calcutta.



The fire is said to have started in the multi-storey hospital's basement, where flammable materials were stored.



West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said the licence of the six-storey hospital in Dhakuria in the southern part of the city had been cancelled.



She has described the fire has an unforgivable crime and said those responsible would be given the harshest punishment.