Death toll rises to 18 in western India fire incident

Rescuers work at a building in Surat town of the western Indian state of Gujarat, May 24, 2019. The death toll in a major fire incident in India's western state of Gujarat has risen to 18, and five injured have been admitted to a hospital, a senior Fire Department official confirmed to Xinhua over phone on Friday. The fire broken out inside a four-storey building in Gujarat's Surat town on Friday afternoon. (Xinhua/Stringer)