Fire at training centre in India's Lucknow kills at least 15


Firefighters douse a deadly fire at a coaching centre in Lucknow, India, June 22, 2026. REUTERS/STRINGER

NEW DELHI, June ⁠22 (Reuters) - 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, 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 reported.

• News footage showed a group of ⁠men in uniform carrying bodies as ​a crowd ‌gathered nearby.

• About 21 students were present ⁠when the ​fire broke out, police said, adding that two were seriously injured and four were ⁠stable.

• The centre trained students ​to create animations, the state's Deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak told reporters. The cause of ⁠the fire was being investigated.

• A fire at a hotel in Delhi on June 3 killed more than 20 people, including ​around a dozen foreign ⁠nationals, raising concerns over fire safety norms ​in the national capital.

(Reporting ‌by Saurabh Sharma, writing by ​Tanvi Mehta and Hritam Mukherjee; Editing by YP Rajesh and Kevin Liffey)

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