Fire in commercial complex in Surat, students rescued from tuition classes, one child dies

Update: Total six were hospitalized, of whom one person, namely Manthan, a 7-year-old child was declared dead.

Surat: A fire broke out in a commercial complex in Vesu area of Surat city today after which several people including students were rescued by the fire brigade team.

A fire official said that some of the students of a tuition classes on the 3rd floor of the Agam arcade situated in the Magdalla road near Jolly Residency were trapped on the upper floor due to the fire on the lower floor.

‘The reason behind the fire was not yet known and it could be a short circuit. The fire call was received at around 1830 in the evening. The fire had been controlled but due to smoke and fear several students in the tuition classes were trapped. Their exact number was not yet known. During the ongoing rescue operation with the help of a crane and more than half a dozen ambulances many of them were taken out. Some of them who had tried to break open the window panes and sustained injury in hands and one or two who had fainted due to suffocation were sent to hospital,’ he said.

The operation was still on, he said adding that earlier some people from a private hospital on the second floor of the arcade were also taken out before the spread of the fire.

More details are awaited.

DeshGujarat