At least fourteen people, including three children, were killed in a massive fire at a high-rise residential building in India's Jharkhand on Tuesday.
According to the police, 16 people were injured in the blaze which started at a high-rise residential in Jharkhand's Dhanbad district on Tuesday evening.
The fire was doused after several hours. Authorities are yet to determine the cause of the fire.
“The death toll is 14 at present and 11 people are under treatment. The exact cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained,” Jharkhand's chief secretary Sukhdev Singh told PTI news agency.
The 10-storey Aashirwad Towers, located in one of the oldest neighbourhoods in the city, consists of around 100 flats, according to reports from the Indian media.
The fire erupted on the second floor of the building late in the evening, trapping several residents. A rescue team from Bharat Coking Coal Limited joined rescue efforts with the local firefighters.
Dhanbad Senior Superintendent of Police Sanjeev Kumar said they are working to determine the exact number of fatalities, Hindustan Times reported on Wednesday.
