Three young women lost their lives when a fire broke out on Saturday at a house in Chandigarh where they were staying as paying guests, police said.
As many as five girls were on the first floor of the residential accommodation at Sector 32 when the fire broke out, police said.
Station Fire Officer Lal Bahadur said they received a call around 4 pm and four fire tenders were pressed into service to douse the blaze.
It took around 10-15 minutes to put out the fire, the officer said, adding that one of the women saved her life by jumping from the first floor.
"There was very low visibility because of smoke and fire," Bahadur said. "Two women were found unconscious in a room and another with burn injuries was found in another room."
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