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Twenty-two students die in a fire in Surat (India).
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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. 22 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…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Surat
City in Gujarat, India
Surat is a city in the western Indian state of Gujarat. The word Surat directly translates to face in Gujarati, Hindi and Urdu. Located on the banks of the river Tapti near its confluence with the Arabian Sea, it used to be a large seaport. It is now the commercial and economic…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
India
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India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area; the most populous country since 2023; and, since its independence in 1947, the world's most populous democracy. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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