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

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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