At least 23 people, including tourists, were killed in a fire at a popular nightclub in India's Goa state, the state's chief minister said Sunday.

The blaze occurred just past midnight in Arpora in North Goa, a party hub.

Goa's chief minister, Pramod Sawant, said most of the dead were the club's kitchen workers, as well as three to four tourists.

The fire occurred due to a gas cylinder blast and has been extinguished, the Press Trust of India news agency reported, quoting local police. All the bodies have been recovered.

A general view shows a burned nightclub following a fire that broke out in the west Indian state of Goa on Dec. 7, 2025. AFP via Getty Images

Sawant said the state government will conduct an inquiry to determine the exact cause of the fire and whether fire safety n

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