Accidents|A fire broke out in the arcade of an Indian amusement park on Saturday, which has claimed many lives.
Several people have died in a fire in an amusement park in India that started on Saturday, according to news agencies AFP and Reuters.
According to AFP, at least 16 people would have died in the fire, while Reuters is talking about at least 24 fatalities. According to news agencies, a large part of the dead are children.
A fire broke out in an amusement park arcade in the city of Rajkot in the western state of Gujarat. According to local authorities, at least nine people are currently hospitalized.
The death toll may rise as rescue efforts continue. According to the local police, some of the bodies are so badly burned that it is difficult to identify them.
Fire when it started, there were more than 300 people inside the two-story arcade, according to AFP. Some people were trapped in the building when the structures near the entrance collapsed.
According to AFP, the cause of the fire was suspected to be a short circuit in an electrical device.
Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi told the message service X that he was “extremely unhappy” about the news. Modi himself is from the state of Gujarat.
“My thoughts are with those who have lost loved ones,” he wrote.
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