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Students compelled to descend rope to escape a burning building

A group of pupils had to down one rope in order to escape a burning structure.

On 15 June, an electricity metre caught fire and caused a massive fire to spread to the Gyana building in Delhi, India.

The pupils may be seen on video footage lowering themselves one at a time from a window on a higher floor while dense smoke is seen billowing out behind them.

They managed to use air conditioner units installed on other floors to assist them.

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The students could be seen escaping as smoke billowed out of the windows

All were rescued from the building and no one was injured, according to the fire report.

Delhi fire services director Atul Garg said: ‘We received info about a fire in a building.

‘Later we came to know that it is a coaching centre and some children are trapped in it.

‘We sent a total of 11 fire tenders to the spot. The fire has been brought under control.’

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