2 children among 3 dead as fire breaks out at Faridabad school

Haryana: 3 people, including 2 children, at AND Convent School, died after a fire broke out there and a cloth godown located below it in Dabua Colony of Faridabad, on Saturday.

Cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained.

"Fire tenders are present here. The situation is now under control. We will ascertain the cause of the fire," a police official present at the spot said.

This comes weeks after a blaze ripped through a coaching centre located in Gujarat's Surat and killed 20 people, mostly students, and injuring many others.