The fire broke out around 3:30pm on Friday and engulfed the top two floors of the multi-storey commercial building, NDTV reported citing officials. Most of the students are said to be between the ages of 14 and 17, the TV station said in a report on its website. Citing videos of the incident aired by TV channels and posted on social media, newspapers said several students jumped off the third and fourth floors of the building to escape the blaze. Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Twitter that he was “extremely anguished” by the fire tragedy in Surat. Have asked the Gujarat Government and local authorities to provide all possible assistance to those affected," he tweeted.

Source: bd News24 May 24, 2019 13:29 UTC