Ghaziabad: A fire broke out at a factory in Tronica City on Wednesday morning, and five fire tenders were deployed to control the flames. A short circuit is suspected to have caused the blaze. A car also caught fire in a separate incident, and its driver jumped out. No casualties were reported in either incident.According to chief fire officer (CFO) Saurabh Singh, a fire broke out around 9.15am on the ground floor of a two-storey building in Tronica City. The building, housing the manufacturing unit of Javed Fabrication, is used for flexible printing and metal fabrication work.Initially, three fire tenders and fire service units were dispatched to the spot from the Tronica City fire station, with one fire tender each being dispatched from Vaishali and Baghpat soon after.“The fire service units immediately laid out hose pipes and started pumping water through the motor fire engine onto the fire, and the fire was brought under control within a short time,” the CFO said.The blaze was brought under control by 9.50am and firefighters continued to cool the site by pouring water to control the smoke. No injuries were reported in the incident, and a short circuit is expected to have sparked the fire, though the exact cause is yet to be determined, fire officials said.
A Tata Nexon car caught on fire near the Sahibabad Sabzi Mandi around 10.30am
Just over an hour later, a second fire was reported in the city when a Tata Nexon car caught on fire near the Sahibabad Sabzi Mandi around 10.30am. A fire unit was sent to the spot, and the blaze was brought under control quickly using Modular Fire Extinguisher (MFE).“No injuries were reported in the second incident,” the CFO added.
