Video footage showed firefighters clearing debris around collapsed tin roof structures that media reports said were used for bowling, go-karting and trampoline attractions.
In western
India on Saturday, a massive fire broke out in an amusement park in Gujarat
state leaving at least twenty people dead.
The fire
erupted at a park in the city of Rajkot. Police Commissioner Raju Bhargava said
the fire had been brought under control and the rescue operation was underway,
with 20 bodies recovered.
The park
is usually packed with families at the weekend, and most of the deceased are
thought to be children.
The
amusement park is privately owned by Yuvraj Singh Solanki, and Bhargava said
that police would be filing a case of negligence against him.
“We will
be registering an offence for negligence and the deaths which have occurred.
Further investigation will take place once we complete the rescue operation,”
he said.
Prime
Minister Narendra Modi wrote on X that he was “extremely distressed by the fire
... in Rajkot. My thoughts are with all those who have lost their loved ones.
Prayers for the injured.”
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