Meerut: 100s of people, including women and children died and many more injured when a huge fire broke out at a trade fair at the Victoria Park, bang in the heart of the city. (2006)
Kumbakonam (Thanjavur): 94 children were burnt alive in a blaze
in a primary school in this district of Tamil Nadu. (2004)
Delhi: As many as 59 lives were lost in when fire broke out in Uphaar picture hall during the screening of a movie, Border. (1997)
Sirsa: Around 500, including children, were charred to death and celebrations turned into mourning as fire swept through annual day functions in a school in Dabwal. (1995)
....and many more that escaped my memory. Even bigger tragedy is that many of them might have been avoided.