Fire ravages restaurant and hotel in eastern India, killing six people

Firefighters douse a fire which broke out in a restaurant and hotel near the Patna Junction railway station (Aftab Alam Siddiqui/AP)

A major fire that engulfed a restaurant and hotel in eastern India on Thursday killed at least six people and injured 20, a local fire officer said.

The fire began when a cooking gas cylinder exploded while diners were eating in the restaurant, and it soon spread into an adjacent hotel in Patna, the capital of Bihar state, said Satya Prakash.