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Massive Fire Breaks Out at Residential Building in Ghaziabad’s Indirapuram News24 –


A massive fire broke out at a residential building in Uttar Pradesh’s Ghaziabad. The incident took place at Friends Avenue, Shakti Khand 2 in Indirapuram. Several fire tenders were rushed to the spot and successfully doused the flames.

Chief Fire Officer Rahul Kumar said, “Information was received at Fire Station Vaishali at 8:30 pm that a fire had broken out in Divya Apartment in Shakti Khand 2 and that a few people were trapped inside. Five fire tenders from Vaishali Fire Station, along with two additional vehicles that were on duty, were immediately dispatched.

A temporary structure built on the balconies of 5–6 flats had caught fire. The building had already been vacated. We immediately began firefighting operations and extinguished the fire within 45 minutes. No injuries have been reported.”

Odisha: Massive fire breaks out in Bhubaneswar’s Unit-1 vegetable market

In a separate incident, a massive fire broke out in Bhubaneswar’s Unit-1 vegetable market, resulting in the gutting of atleast 20 shops, officials said.

According to Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation Mayor Sulochana Das, a total of eight fire tenders were deployed at the incident site to extinguish the fire. No casualties were reported in the incident; however, the cause of the fire remains uncertain.