kolkatta building fire claims 16 lives.

The devastating blaze that swept through three floors of a 150-year-old multi-storeyed building in Kolkata has claimed at least 16 lives with fire brigade personnel recovering 10 charred bodies from the sixth floor of the ill-fate structure late tonight, officials said.

While six persons died either by jumping from the burning floors of the building, 'Stephen Court', or sustaining burns during the day, 10 charred bodies were found late Tuesday night, fire brigade sources told PTI.

"Firemen were conducting routine checks whether the fire has been totally doused when they first found four bodies lying on the sixth floor. Then, six more bodies were spotted on the same floor," the sources said.