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47-year-old man burnt alive after fire breaks out at his house in Kolkata

Kolkata, Feb 18 (UNI) A forty-seven-year-old man was burnt alive after a fire broke out to a portion at his two-storied building at Salt Lake DA 4 Block but his wife and minor daughter escaped unhurt as they ran away but the owner stuck in the upper floor, police said on Tuesday.
A part of the house was burnt down before three fire fighting vehicles were pressed into services to douse the flame.
The owner of the house, identified as Debarshi Ganguly died in the blaze.
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