Fire at coaching centre in India's Lucknow kills at least 15

Monday, 22 June 2026 19:43

By Reuters

At least 15 people, most of them students, were killed in a fire at an animation training centre in Lucknow city in northern India on Monday.

The fire broke out in the Aliganj area of Lucknow, the capital of India's most populous state of Uttar Pradesh.

About 21 students were present when the fire broke out, police said, adding that two were seriously injured and four were stable.

The centre trained students to create animations, the state's Deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak told reporters.

The cause of the fire was being investigated.

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