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Fire at Indian animation training centre kills 15

At least 15 people, most of them ‌students, have been killed in a fire at ‌an animation training centre in Lucknow city in northern India, authorities say.

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

News footage showed a group of men in uniform carrying bodies as a crowd gathered nearby.

About 20 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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