Officials pointed out that the panchayat had the authority to seal the illegal premises under Section 72 A of the Goa Panchayat Raj Act but did not exercise it.

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A fire ripped through a popular nightclub in India’s Goa state, killing 25 people, including tourists, the state’s chief minister said Sunday.

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The fire in a Goa nightclub, which has claimed 25 lives and left six injured, started on the dance floor. Some of the victims reportedly ran to the kitchen downstairs to escape the blaze. They were trapped there with the club's staff and suffocated to death.