LUCKNOW: "I was asleep in room number 401 of SSJ International hotel when I woke up on hearing commotion and cries early in the morning. I thought it might be a mild earthquake and still feeling sleepy, tried to go back to sleep again when I felt a gush of hot air and saw flames outside my window," mentioned Subhashish Chatterjee from Kolkata. The trauma Chatterjee went thru in the next 10 mins left him trembling for following couple of hours.
"Without even thinking of picking up any of my belongings, I jumped out of the window to the terrace of the adjoining hotel, ran down the stairs and took around two hours to come out of the trauma having witnessing a blaze of such a large scale from close proximity and surviving," mentioned Subhashish.
Amit Pathak, a resident of Delhi, staying at the lodge was following his day by day yoga regimen when he noticed flames reaching as much as his balcony. "I grabbed my phone and a bag carrying important belongings and jumped over to the terrace of the adjoining hotel to save myself. I tried calling police but could not connect."
26-year-old Aamir from Kanpur, present process remedy at Civil Hospital for external damage on his hand sustained while breaking the window glass and internal trauma from inhaling smoke, mentioned, "I was sleeping in my room on the third floor when I realized something was amiss. Soon smoke started entering my room at around 5am."
"I opened the door and saw nothing but smoke in the passage. Soon my room was also full of smoke. I did not know what to do. I finally thought of running out somehow," mentioned Aamir.
"I found a glass window at the end of the corridor, broke it open with my bare hands and jumped to the adjoining terrace. There was no fire extinguisher or any fire safety equipment anywhere in the hotel," he mentioned.
Another survivor of the ghastly blaze, Inder Kumar Shukla (36) of Bareilly mentioned, "I had come to Lucknow yesterday on an official visit and was staying in room number 208 on the second floor of the SSJ International hotel. I came to know about the fire when I saw smoke entering the room from the thin slit between the door and floor. I rushed out of the room immediately and somehow found the way out to the roof with much difficulty in that thick smoke cover."
"Without even thinking of picking up any of my belongings, I jumped out of the window to the terrace of the adjoining hotel, ran down the stairs and took around two hours to come out of the trauma having witnessing a blaze of such a large scale from close proximity and surviving," mentioned Subhashish.
Amit Pathak, a resident of Delhi, staying at the lodge was following his day by day yoga regimen when he noticed flames reaching as much as his balcony. "I grabbed my phone and a bag carrying important belongings and jumped over to the terrace of the adjoining hotel to save myself. I tried calling police but could not connect."
26-year-old Aamir from Kanpur, present process remedy at Civil Hospital for external damage on his hand sustained while breaking the window glass and internal trauma from inhaling smoke, mentioned, "I was sleeping in my room on the third floor when I realized something was amiss. Soon smoke started entering my room at around 5am."
"I opened the door and saw nothing but smoke in the passage. Soon my room was also full of smoke. I did not know what to do. I finally thought of running out somehow," mentioned Aamir.
"I found a glass window at the end of the corridor, broke it open with my bare hands and jumped to the adjoining terrace. There was no fire extinguisher or any fire safety equipment anywhere in the hotel," he mentioned.
Another survivor of the ghastly blaze, Inder Kumar Shukla (36) of Bareilly mentioned, "I had come to Lucknow yesterday on an official visit and was staying in room number 208 on the second floor of the SSJ International hotel. I came to know about the fire when I saw smoke entering the room from the thin slit between the door and floor. I rushed out of the room immediately and somehow found the way out to the roof with much difficulty in that thick smoke cover."
Smoke was everywhere, no fire safety gear: Eyewitness
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Reviewed by Kailash
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June 20, 2018
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