Overview
- A blaze broke out in a multiuse building in Aliganj, Lucknow, that housed a coaching centre on the first floor and a clinic on the ground floor, triggering a major emergency response.
- Fire and rescue teams have mounted an active operation and eyewitnesses say several people were pulled to safety while others remain feared trapped.
- An eyewitness named Aman said rescuers saved five to six people and that a man who jumped from the building was seriously injured.
- Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has taken cognisance of the incident and directed officials to reach the site, speed up relief and ensure immediate medical treatment.
- Exact casualty and entrapment figures and the cause of the fire remain unconfirmed and are under investigation, a development that will shape further official updates and local safety checks.