Patna: At least 14 people died and several others have been injured, due to massive fire accident in a multi-storied building in Dhanbad in Jharkhand on Wednesday. According to the news agency, the death toll in the fire accident is 14 at present and 11 people are under treatment.

Speaking to the media, Chief Secretary Sukhdev Singh said that the exact cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained. Among those who died are 10 women and three children. The injured are being sent to the Medical College. The rescue work is over. But we have not taken a proper headcount yet. This will be done jointly by the police and the fire department personnel, he added. Our immediate focus was to get the people out. Now we are doing a final combing of the area to ensure that no one is left behind, he said.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a tweet said that I am deeply anguished by the loss of lives due to a fire in Dhanbad. My thoughts are with those who lost their loved ones. May the injured recover soon. Chief Minister Hemant Soren said the district administration is working on an emergency basis and the injured are being treated.