A nightclub fire in the popular Indian resort region of Goa has killed at least 23 people including several tourists, officials said.
The blaze is suspected to have broken out after a cylinder exploded at the club in Arpora village around midnight on Saturday local time, the Press Trust of India (PTI) reported.
Most of the victims are believed to have been kitchen staff, but Goa’s Chief Minister Pramod Sawant told local reporters that “three to four tourists” were among the dead, according to PTI.
Goa, a small state on India’s west coast known for its beaches and Portuguese heritage, attracts hundreds of thousands of foreign tourists every year.
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