Fire kills many in hotel in northern India

Описание: (19 Jun 2015) A massive fire raced through a hotel in northern India on Friday, killing at least 10 people and injuring several others, according to local police.
The fire broke out in the early hours in a restaurant and spread to the hotel next door in Pratapgarh town of Uttar Pradesh state, said police superintendent Balikaran Singh Yadav.
Most of the hotel guests were asleep when the fire started at 3 a.m. local time (2130 GMT Thursday).
Yadav said the cause of the fire was a short circuit.
Thirteen guests suffered burns and other injuries as they tried to get out of the four-story building, while nine people with serious burns were taken to hospitals in the nearby city of Allahabad.
A dozen people were rescued and the fire had been put out, police said.

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