The Diamond City was devastated on Friday after at least 19 students, including 16 girls, died in an inferno at a private art coaching centre located on the illegally constructed third floor of a commercial complex in Sarthana.
About a dozen students, driven by panic and terror, jumped off the third and fourth floors of Takshashila Arcade to escape the fire. Three of them fell to their deaths. The fire brigade team brought out 16 bodies from the classroom, most charred beyond recognition.
The students, mostly in their teens, were attending classes in Smart Design Studio on the third floor when the fire broke out because of short-circuit in one of the AC ducts.
The Diamond City was devastated on Friday after at least 19 students, including 16 girls, died in an inferno at a private art coaching centre located on the illegally constructed third floor of a commercial complex in Sarthana.
About a dozen students, driven by panic and terror, jumped off the third and fourth floors of Takshashila Arcade to escape the fire. Three of them fell to their deaths. The fire brigade team brought out 16 bodies from the classroom, most charred beyond recognition.
The students, mostly in their teens, were attending classes in Smart Design Studio on the third floor when the fire broke out because of short-circuit in one of the AC ducts.