Fire tears through building in northern India, killing 14, mostly students
Most victims were students at an animation centre, and officials ordered a high-level probe into the blaze as rescue teams searched for survivors.
- A major fire broke out at an animation training centre in Lucknow's Aliganj area on Monday, killing at least eight people, with '10-12 people said to be trapped inside the building,' officials said.
- Initial reports suggest the blaze began following a short circuit in the building's air conditioning unit, which housed the coaching institute on its upper floor.
- Firefighters launched an immediate operation to control the fire, as 4 to 5 students escaped and several others jumped from the structure to save their lives.
- Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath canceled scheduled engagements to return to Lucknow, while Deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak called the incident 'a major incident, it's very saddening.' Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed condolences.
- The incident highlights persistent fire safety concerns in commercial buildings, recalling a recent hotel fire in Delhi that killed more than 20 people and prompting calls for safety audits.
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Lucknow: The death toll in the Lucknow coaching institute fire in the Aliganj area on Monday rose to 15, with medical experts stating that most of the deaths in the incident were caused by suffocation. Speaking to ANI, Prem Raj Singh, MS King George Medical University (KGMU) said, “15 people were already dead when they were brought to the hospital. The bodies have been sent to the mortuary for post-mortem. 7-8 other people were also brought in. …
Fire at training centre in India's Lucknow kills at least 15
NEW DELHI: At least 15 people, most of them students, were killed in a fire at an animation training centre in Lucknow city in northern India on Monday (Jun 22), authorities said.The fire broke out in the Aliganj area of Lucknow, the capital of India's most populous state of Uttar Pradesh, local media reporte
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