The death toll¹ in a huge fire in the Indian city of Calcutta last week has risen to 34 with the recovery of more bodies over the weekend, police say.

印度警方称，上周加尔各答发生的特大火灾，死亡人数已上升至34人。

Stephen Court is one of Calcutta's oldest high-rise buildings

Dozens were also injured when the historic Stephen Court building caught fire. A few people are still missing.

Two people, who were caretakers of the building, have been arrested in connection with the fire.

The fire was among the deadliest in Calcutta in recent years. It reportedly broke out in a lift shaft²（电梯井） and spread.

Calcutta police chief Mohan Chakrabarti has accused the owner of the 100-year-old Stephen Court building of not observing fire regulations.

But local residents accused the fire services of taking nearly an hour to arrive at the scene.

Four of the bodies are yet to be identified.

Nearly 100 fire-fighters and 25 fire engines spent several hours struggling to control the blaze（火焰，烈火） .

Fires in high-rise buildings are fairly common in the city. There have been at least 10 major incidents since 2008.

Electrical short circuits（短路，漏电） have been responsible for most of these fires.