Indian Police File Case Against 3 Over Coaching Center Fire, Death Toll Rises to 20

Indian Police File Case Against 3 Over Coaching Center Fire, Death Toll Rises to 20
Firefighters douse a fire that broke out in a four-story commercial building in Surat, in the western state of Gujarat, India, May 24, 2019. Stringer/Reuters
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NEW DELHI—Indian police said on May 25 they had filed a culpable homicide case against three people as the death toll from a building fire in India’s Gujarat state rose to 20, with students attending coaching classes accounting for all those killed.

Firefighters douse a fire that broke out in a four-story commercial building in Surat, in the western state of Gujarat, India, on May 24, 2019. (Stringer/Reuters)
Firefighters douse a fire that broke out in a four-story commercial building in Surat, in the western state of Gujarat, India, on May 24, 2019. Stringer/Reuters