The fire broke out during night in a 9-storey building, home to about 150 residents, according to official Vietnam News Agency, which said the blaze was contained by 2am (1900 GMT).
PARIS (Reuters) -Nine bodies were found in the smouldering ruins of a holiday home housing disabled people that caught fire in the early hours of Wednesday in eastern France, a chief firefighter said.
Due to renovation work underway at Rajasthan Hospital in Ahmedabad's Sahibaug area, several items stored in the basement caught fire and caused massive smoke, a fire official said.
The fire broke out Monday afternoon at a private firm, Kaixinda Trading, the state media reported. Two people have been sent to the hospital for treatment and two others are missing.
Eight of the deceased were Indian nationals while one person was from Bangladesh, AVAS reported. The nationalities of two other victims remain unknown so far.
The fire emanated from the e-bike showroom and quickly leapt up to its upper floors where a hotel is located. According to police, the showroom was being run illegally.
15 fire tenders & 13 ambulances rushed to the Lucknow hotel. The ten injured were taken to Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Civil Hospital. UP CM Adityanath has ordered a probe into the matter.
It's ironic that the State should storm into action, arm itself with bulldozers, and bring down people's homes but does not even inspect buildings that could be a fire hazard.
Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.
The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.
Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?
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