UP: Fire Breaks Out at High Rise Housing Society in Ghaziabad – News18

A fire broke out in an apartment of  ‘Crossing Republik’ residential society in Uttar Pradesh’s Ghaziabad on Friday.

Earlier, in June this year, two women — including a senior citizen — were killed in a fire at a multi-storey building in Ghaziabad. Eight others were rescued from the building, officials said.

One of the deceased was 74 years old and it is suspected she died of asphyxiation, while the other, aged around 40, succumbed to burn injuries, said a police officer who oversaw the rescue and relief work.

“Both the women were members of the same family. They were taken to a CHC (community health centre) but did not survive. Their postmortem reports are awaited,” Assistant Commissioner of Police, Loni, Rajneesh Upadhiyai said.

The incident was reported from the Lal Bagh colony of Ghaziabad district’s Loni area early that day, Chief Fire Officer (CFO) Rahul Pal said and added that the building housed a tent and catering service on its ground floor.

Teams were rushed to the site and two fire tenders from Tronica City and one from Sahibabad were sent, Pal said. “There was a major fire in the building’s ground floor where works related to the tent house business were done,” he said.

On the cause of the fire, he said it seems it broke out after a short circuit on the building’s ground floor. There was no one present on the ground floor during the time of the incident, he added.

(With PTI inputs)