Lucknow, June 23 -- A distraught family from West Bengal arrived in Lucknow on Tuesday to claim the mortal remains of 29-year-old Anamika Samanta, who was among the 15 people who died after a fire engulfed a commercial building in the Aliganj area of Uttar Pradesh's capital city.

Vishwanath Samanta, the father of the deceased, told ANI that Anamika had been working in Lucknow for several years and was employed as a 3D animation artist.

"She was working here in 3D animation for three years. The local police station asked us to contact the Officer-in-Charge here. We were informed that she could not escape a fire incident, and everything was burnt. We have come from Kolkata," he said.

Her brother Akash said he last spoke with her the prev...