At least nine people were killed, including a child, in a fire at a hotel in India's eastern city of Kolkata on Wednesday (August 19), local police said.

The fire broke out at around 2:50 a.m. local time (2120 GMT Tuesday) on the second floor of the hotel building and was brought under control within an hour, a senior police officer told Reuters.

Officials from the fire department said that among the dead were Bangladeshi citizens who were in Kolkata to seek medical treatment, local media reported.

Around 30 people were evacuated safely in the incident, which may have been triggered by electrical short circuiting, the senior police officer said. The exact cause of the blaze is yet to be ascertained, he added.

DESCRIPCIÓN DE IMÁGENES

1. HOTEL BUILDING AFTER FIRE BROKE OUT ON SECOND FLOOR

2. PEOPLE GATHERING

3. POLICE AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE PERSONNEL GATHERING AT SCENE

4. HOTEL BUILDING / VARIOUS OF EMERGENCY RESPONDERS STANDING OUTSIDE BUILDING

5. (SOUNDBITE) (Hindi) STATE'S RULING BHARATIYA JANATA PARTY LEADER, SANTOSH PATHAK, SAYING:

"We have received the confirmation of nine deaths. Sandeep Paswan, who used to work at the hotel, has been identified, and there is a four-year old child among the deceased. Out of all the deceased, there are two (adult) men and six (adult) women. We have received this information from the hospital where the bodies were taken to. This is a tragic incident."

6. VARIOUS OF POLICE PERSONNEL AND EMERGENCY RESPONDERS GATHERED