12 students injured in fire in madarsa in muzaffarngar

Muzaffarnagar: Fourteen children were injured when a fire broke out in a madarsa at Shuru village in the district, police said on 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.