Fire in AC duct likely cause of Lucknow blaze that killed 15, says report
The blaze in Lucknow’s Aliganj area on Monday that killed 15 people, mostly students, may have started in the building’s AC duct, with smoke leading to suffocation due to the absence of a proper exit route, Uttar Pradesh Urban Development and Energy Minister A. K. Sharma said, according to news agency PTI. Firefighters and the SDRF team recovered the students’ bodies after the fire broke out a three-floor commercial building in Lucknow, on Monday ((Deepak Gupta/HT)) He added that all possible lapses in building standards would be probed. Here’s all that happened 15 reported dead: At least 15 people were killed and nine others injured in a deadly fire that engulfed a three-storey building on Usha Mehta Marg in Lucknow’s Aliganj area on Monday. Most of the victims were trapped on the second floor, where students were attending classes at the centre, PTI reported. “A total of 22 people were brought to the Trauma Centre of King George’s Medical University (KGMU) following the incident. Of them, 15 were declared brought dead, while five injured persons …
