according to Official data, the fire died in a building in the West of India, at least 19 students. Several of them were killed as they jumped from the upper floors out of the window to save himself.

In the case of a building fire in the West of India, at least 19 students were killed. More than a dozen had been brought in with burns or breathing problems in a hospital, said a police spokesman. The highest-ranking elected officials in the state of Gujarat Vijay Rupani, said that 19 young people had been killed in the fire.

“I am told that these young people were trapped in the building when the fire destroyed the staircase,” said Rupani, the news Agency “Press Trust of India”. “About three to four died after they jumped from the building.”

students jump out of the window

Prime Minister Narendra modi said he was appalled by the disaster and the authorities have instructed in the state of Gujarat to provide help. The students were in Surat to a teaching in the four-storey house in the city, when the fire broke out, said the police spokesman.

According to information from “Press Trust of India” burned the third and fourth floor of the building is in a shopping district. Television footage showed several students were trying to jump out of Windows to save themselves. A fire Department spokesman, said that 24 fire-fighting vehicles were in use. In India, it always comes back to building fires, because fire inspections are made only to lax.

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