Overview
- Police and fire officials said the blaze erupted just after midnight at Birch by Romeo Lane in Arpora near Baga beach.
- Chief Minister Pramod Sawant reported that most victims were kitchen staff, including three women, with three to four tourists among the dead.
- Authorities said three people died of burn injuries and the others succumbed to suffocation as smoke spread through the premises.
- All 23 bodies were recovered and sent to the Government Medical College in Bambolim, while the injured were taken to nearby hospitals.
- Initial findings indicate non-compliance with fire-safety norms, prompting a state-ordered probe, planned safety audits, local licence reviews, and ex-gratia payments of ₹2 lakh per deceased and ₹50,000 per injured from the PMNRF.