Nearly 90 people were killed when a fire engulfed patients at a hospital in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata, with officials accusing senior staff of abandoning those in their care.
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People evacuate patients after a fire broke out at a nursing home in Kolkata, India, on Dec. 9, 2011. The fire swept through a multistory nursing home in eastern India early Friday, trapping many elderly residents in the smoke-filled building, an official said. (Bikas Das, AP)
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Rescue workers use ropes to evacuate a person after a fire engulfed a hospital, in Kolkata, India, Friday, Dec. 9, 2011. Medical staff at the hospital abandoned their patients and fled for safety early Friday as fire and smoke poured through the building, leaving many dead from smoke inhalation, officials said. ( AP )
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Firefighters unleash water to douse flames from an opening in the wall of the Advance Medicare And Research Institute (AMRI) hospital in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata on Dec. 9, 2011. (AFP / Getty Images)
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Rescue workers evacuate people after a fire engulfed a hospital in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata on Dec. 9, 2011. (AFP / Getty Images)
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Emotional relatives grieve inside a car as they leave following a deadly fire at the Advance Medicare And Research Institute (AMRI) hospital in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata on Dec. 9, 2011. (AFP / Getty Images)
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A firefighter stands at the entrance of a building at the Advance Medicare And Research Institute (AMRI) hospital in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata on Dec. 9, 2011. (AFP / Getty Images)
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Rescue workers evacuate a hospital staff member as a fire engulfs the Advance Medicare and Research Institute (AMRI) hospital in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata on Dec. 9, 2011. (AFP / Getty Images)
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