What the records say
- When
- 24 May 2019
- Kind
- Fire
- Coordinates
- 21.23° N, 72.90° E
- Description
- Conflagration in India
- Deaths
- 22
- Injured
- 19
2019 Surat fire
2019 electrical fire in a commercial complex in Surat, Gujarat, India
On 24 May 2019, a fire occurred at a commercial complex in Sarthana Jakatnaka area of Surat in the Gujarat state of India. Twenty-two students died and 19 others were injured in an academic coaching centre located on the building's terrace. The fire was started by a short circuit on the ground floor; the students in the coaching centre were trapped by the destruction of a wooden staircase.
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