Ghaziabad: Fire in multi-storey building kills two; eight rescued

Two women including a senior citizen were killed in a fire at a multistorey building in Uttar Pradesh while eight others rescued on Monday morning officials saidOne 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 a police officer who oversaw the rescue and relief work told PTIBoth 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 saidThe incident was reported from the Lal Bagh colony of Ghaziabad districts Loni area at 652 am Chief Fire Officer CFO Rahul Pal said and added that the building housed a tent and catering service in its ground floorThe two women were found on the first and the second floors of the building and were taken to the health facility while eight others were rescued he saidTeams 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 buildings ground floor where works related to the tent house business were done he saidThere were eight persons trapped in the upper part of the building They were rescued by breaking a wall after firefighters reached them using an external stair When the building was further checked a woman was found injured on the first floor and another on the second floor Pal saidOn the cause of the fire he said it seems it broke out after a short circuit in the buildings ground floor There was no one present in the ground floor during the time of the incident he addedPal said a firefighter was injured in the rescue operation when an iron gate fell on him The fire has been doused the official saidThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever