Three young women died when a major fire broke out at a PG accommodation in Chandigarh on Saturday, 22 February, the police said. Two others were also injured.
The women, aged 19-22, were staying as paying guests on the first floor of the building in Sector 32, Chandigarh Superintendent of Police Vineet Kumar said, according to PTI.
According toThe Tribune, the two-story building housed 36 students and fire officials found violations of fire safety norms.
At the time of the incident, most of the students were out of the accommodation, which is allegedly being run illegally, IANS reported.
One student jumped from the window of a bathroom to escape, the police said. Two of the three girls who died are from Punjab and one was from Haryana.
Four fire tenders were pressed into service to put out the blaze. The cause of the fire is believed to be short-circuiting.
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