A fire broke out in an apartment on the 12th floor of a 28-storey residential tower in Ivy District Society in Sector 75 in Noida on Friday morning, prompting a massive evacuation of the building as thick black smoke engulfed the high-rise building.
PTI news agency reported that the fire broke out around 8 a.m. and spread quickly through the apartment, and the flames could be seen from a distance.
Firefighters and police personnel rushed to the scene after receiving an alarm and launched an operation to contain the fire.
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Residents fled the building through the stairs in a state of panic, while authorities evacuated the entire tower and moved the occupants of neighboring apartments to safer locations as a precaution.
The sources said that no injuries or human losses had been reported until the preparation of this report. The cause of the fire is still unknown and is being investigated.
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In a separate incident, a fire broke out in an apartment in Noida’s Sector 100 early Thursday after a short circuit occurred in the indoor unit of an air conditioner, fire officials said, adding that no injuries or loss of life were reported.
The incident came days after a fire broke out on the 27th floor of the same apartment complex on May 22, which was also attributed to a short circuit in the air conditioning unit.
According to the fire department, Noida recorded 88 air conditioner-related fire incidents in the last two months, and such cases witness a significant rise during the summer season.
(With inputs from PTI)
