At least 25 girls survived from a fire broke that broke out in a hostel room of a residential school in Latehar district of Jharkhand on Monday morning.

Reports said beds and study materials of these students of Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya, Bariyatu, were destroyed in the fire. The incident of fire was first noticed by a staff of the residential school around 6 am on Monday,

A fire brigade was pressed into service, and it reportedly took more than an hour to put it off

"Locals and students helped the fire brigade personnel to control the blaze. All 20-25 inmates of the hostel room were out on the ground for physical training when the fire broke out. The initial investigation suggests that a short circuit caused the fire," Bariyatu police station in-charge Ranjan Kumar Paswan told PTI.

Latehar District Education Officer (DEO) Prince Kumar said a probe was underway to unearth the actual cause of the fire. "We are carrying out thorough verification of electricity connections in the building to ensure that such an incident should not occur in the future," he said.