(CNN) Twenty students were killed and 17 more are being treated for injuries after a fire tore through a commercial building in Surat, in the Indian state of Gujarat. The victims were attending classes in a tutoring center on the third and fourth floor of the building when the fire spread, Surat police commissioner Satish Kumar Sharma told CNN. May the injured recover quickly. — Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) May 24, 2019Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who declared victory in the country's general elections Thursday, wrote on Twitter that he was "extremely anguished" by the fire. May the injured recover quickly," he said.

Source: CNN May 25, 2019 09:00 UTC