The horrific fire incident at Surat's coaching centre has left everyone devastated. The sudden outbreak of fire killed 20 people including students and left others injured. The heartbreaking video of kids jumping from the top floor to escape the fire went viral in no time, leaving the netizens in the state of shock. The Bollywood celebs too have expressed their dismay on the situation and offered condolence. Amitabh Bachchan, Urmila Matondkar, Shraddha Kapoor and others took tweeted. Surat Fire Tragedy: Police Files FIR Against Takshashila Complex Builders, Coaching Centre Owner After Blaze Kills 20.
Big B tweeted, "T 3174 - Terrible tragedy in Surat .. a devastating fire and 14-17 year old children caught in it jump off the building and perish .. Grief beyond expression .. prayers." Also, Shraddha Kapoor took social media to comment on the same. He wrote, "Deeply shocked and saddened to hear about the Surat fire tragedy. Heartbreaking. Prayers." Check out the tweets by the celebs here.
Amitabh Bachchan
T 3174 - Terrible tragedy in Surat .. a devastating fire and 14-17 year old children caught in it jump off the building and perish ..
Grief beyond expression .. prayers 🙏🙏🙏
— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) May 24, 2019
Shraddha Kapoor
Deeply shocked and saddened to hear about the Surat fire tragedy. Heartbreaking. Prayers.
— Shraddha (@ShraddhaKapoor) May 24, 2019
Bhumi Pednekar
My condolences to the families of the victims..may their souls rest in peace.This is so heartbreaking 🙏🏻 We really need to be more diligent about our security and safety rules and conditions.Stricter laws and better implementation #SuratfireTragedy https://t.co/NRXX8MraE3
— bhumi pednekar (@bhumipednekar) May 24, 2019
Urmila Matondkar
Deeply saddened to hear about the Fire Tragedy in #Surat today. My condolences go out to the grieving families and pray for the speedy recovery of the injured.
— Urmila Matondkar (@OfficialUrmila) May 24, 2019
Javed Akhtar
It is really a huge tragedy that 17 young people were burnt alive in Surat . My heart felt condolence to their family and friends. The municipalities of all the cities in our country should be much strict and insistent to make every building adhere to fire safety rules .
— Javed Akhtar (@Javedakhtarjadu) May 25, 2019
R Madhavan
18 Students Dead In Surat Coaching Centre Fire, Many Jumped Off Buildinghttps://t.co/ne74g5xpSw.. ohhh Goddd....My heart aches.. Those breaking the norms should be EXECUTED..
— Ranganathan Madhavan (@ActorMadhavan) May 24, 2019
The after effect of the fire mishap has led to the decision of the Surat police to shut down the coaching institutes for a while. Also, the owner of the coaching institute, Takshashila Complex, got arrested after this tragic event.
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