At 27, including four children, the number of dead from the fire that broke out yesterday in an entertainment area for families in western Indiaaccording to the latest police report.

“We confirm the death of 27 people in the fire,” he told the press police officer Radhika Barai, last night. The previous count was 24 dead. The four children who died were under the age of 12, according to the same source.

“The bodies were charred to the point where they are unrecognizable, which makes it difficult to identify them,” the officer said. In a statement, the local authorities said that the police will proceed to collect “DNA samples from the dead” in order to identify them.

More than 300 people were inside a hall in a two-story structure at the TRP family entertainment venue when the fire broke out, Iles Kher, a fire officer in Rajkot, Gujarat state, told reporters.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who hails from the state, said he was “extremely upset” in a message on social media.

Speaking at the scene of the tragedy, Prabhav Joshi, a senior official in Rajkot municipality, told AFP today that police had arrested two people. “The investigation is ongoing,” he said.