Bengaluru, January 8:  Five employees of a bar-cum- restaurant were charred to death when a major fire broke out at a restro-bar in Kumbaara Sangha building in Kalasipalya in the early hours today, police said. The incident occurred at 2:30 AM at Kailash Bar and Restaurant when the employees were asleep.  As per reports ,RV Dayashankar, the owner  of the restaurant has been absconding after a call from the police.

Police identified the victims as Swami (23), Prasad (20), Mahesh, all residents of Tumakuru, Manjunath (45) from Hassan and Keerthi (24) from Mandya. "An incident of fire has occurred at Kailash Bar and Restaurant located in the ground floor of Kumbaara sangha building (in the vegetable market area).

Fire and smoke was noticed by some persons at around 2.30 AM and fire services were pressed into action. Two fire tenders and one fire rescue vehicle attended to it and it has been doused," a senior police officer said. The cause of fire was unknown and was being investigated, he said.

Earlier today, a massive fire broke out at Mumbai Sessions Court premises, located in the southern part of the city. Eight fire engines immediately rushed to the spot to douse the flames. No casualties or injuries have been reported in the massive fire. Earlier this week, an upper floor of a residential building in suburban Marol caught fire killing four people, including two children. The fire incidents came a week after a major tragedy at Mumbai's Kamala Mills, where 14 people were killed.

(With inputs from Agencies)

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