Fourteen children were injured when a fire broke out in a madarsa at Shuru village in the district, police said Friday.
The blaze started Thursday night from a candle kept in a room in the madrasa in Kotwali Police Station area during a power cut, they said.
A refrigerator near the candle caught fire which spread rapidly, they said.
Fourteen children were injured, ten of them seriously, and they were rushed to a hospital, police said, adding an investigation was underway.
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