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At least eight people were killed in a fire at an animation training centre in Lucknow city in northern India on Monday, authorities said.
Local media said the death toll was higher and put it at 14, adding that they were mostly students.
The fire broke out in the Aliganj area of Lucknow, the capital of India’s most populous state of Uttar Pradesh, NDTV reported.
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.
