Georgia blaze kills 11

Batumi : Tbilisi Georgian leaders have vowed to punish those responsible for a blaze that killed 11 people at a five-star hotel in Georgia’s Black Sea resort city of Batumi.

Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili, who was returning Friday to the Georgian capital Tbilisi from a summit with EU leaders in Brussels, diverted his plane to Batumi upon learning of the fire at the posh 22-storey Leogrand hotel.

He pledged a prompt investigation into the cause of the blaze.

“All those responsible for this tragedy will be punished,” he said late Friday.

Officials on Saturday revised down the death toll after initially putting it at 12 people.