Fire in tutoring centre kills at least 17 teenage students in western India
The students were attending a class when the fire broke out in the four-story building, Chaudhary said. He said all of the students had been accounted for.
Fire officer Deepak Satkale said 24 fire engines battled the blaze. Authorities were investigating the cause of the fire. The Press Trust of India news agency said the fire engulfed the third and fourth floors of the building in a shopping district. Television images showed some students jumping from the building to escape the blaze with a thick smoke billowing from the building.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he was anguished by the fire. "Have asked the Gujarat Government and local authorities to provide all possible assistance to those affected," he tweeted.
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