New Delhi, June 23 -- For 27-year-old Neelesh Kumar, life seemed to be falling into place. A recent promotion had brought with it a salary hike, and in a few months he was set to marry the woman he loved.

For 30-year-old Anamika Samant, the future looked just as promising. Her parents had travelled from West Bengal only days earlier to meet her future in-laws, marking the beginning of wedding preparations and a new chapter in her life, according to PTI.

But those dreams were shattered on Monday when a devastating fire tore through a commercial building in Lucknow's Aliganj area, claiming the lives of the couple and at least 13 others.

The blaze erupted in a three-storey building that housed an animation training centre where Neelesh an...