{"id":128107,"date":"2026-06-22T21:08:35","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T16:08:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/?p=128107"},"modified":"2026-06-22T21:08:47","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T16:08:47","slug":"fire-at-training-centre-in-indias-lucknow-kills-at-least-8-police-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/2026\/128107\/","title":{"rendered":"Fire at training centre in India&#8217;s Lucknow kills at least 8, police say"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Web desk(National Times)- At least eight people were killed in a fire at an animation training centre in Lucknow city in northern India on Monday, authorities said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Local media said the death toll was higher and put it at 14, adding that they were mostly students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The fire broke out in the Aliganj area of Lucknow, the capital of India\u2019s most populous state of Uttar Pradesh,&nbsp;<em>NDTV<\/em>&nbsp;reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Television visuals showed a group of men rushing towards a falling person. The person jumped from the first floor of the building which was engulfed in flames, they reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Television visuals also showed a group of men in uniform carrying bodies as a crowd gathered nearby.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis is a major incident, it\u2019s very saddening,\u201d the state\u2019s Deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak told reporters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The centre taught students to create animation, Pathak said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAnguished by the loss of lives in a fire mishap in Lucknow\u2026 My condolences to the bereaved families,\u201d Prime Minister Narendra Modi\u2019s office said in a post on X.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The incident comes weeks after a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/2004877\">fire at a hotel<\/a>&nbsp;in Delhi killed more than 20 people, including over 10 foreign nationals, raising concerns over fire safety norms in the national capital.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Web desk(National Times)- At least eight people were killed in a fire at an animation training centre in Lucknow city in northern India on Monday, authorities said. 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