At least 15 people, most ‌of them students, were killed in a fire at an animation training centre in Lucknow ​city in northern India on ​Monday, authorities said.

The fire broke out ⁠in the Aliganj area of Lucknow, ​the capital of India’s most populous state ​of Uttar Pradesh, local media reported.

News footage showed a group of men in uniform carrying bodies as ​a crowd gathered nearby.

About 21 ​students were present when the fire broke out, ‌police ⁠said, adding that two were seriously injured and four were stable.

The centre trained students to create animations, the state’s Deputy Chief Minister ​Brajesh Pathak ​told ⁠reporters. The cause of the fire was being investigated.

A fire at a Hotel in Delhi on June 3 ​killed more ⁠than 20 people, including around a dozen foreign nationals, raising concerns over fire safety norms ⁠in ​the national capital.