A fire broke out in a building in Lucknow, claiming 15 lives, most of them students and staff of an animation centre. Eyewitnesses, bystanders, and survivors, say the building lacked basic fire safety systems.

Suspended Lucknow fire officer retracts negligence claims after tragedy claims 15 lives, expressing distress over the incident.

Suffocation from toxic smoke, not flames, caused the deaths of 15 individuals in Lucknow's Aliganj fire. Post-mortem examinations revealed no significant burn injuries, but…