Noida Manufacturing Units Catch Massive Fire

A fire broke out at a factory in Greater Noida Habibpur on Monday afternoon, which spread to nearby units. A total of 175 firefighters and 35 fire engines battled for approximately six hours to control the fire, which started in a warehouse where cardboard boxes for coolers are stored.

According to officials, the fire slowly escalated and spread to the factory where coolers are manufactured, other adjacent warehouses and a nearby teddy bear manufacturing factory.

“We were alerted that a cooler-making company located in the Ecotech Police Station area had caught fire. It spread to manufacturing companies around it,” officials told to the media. Pradeep Kumar, the chief fire officer (CFO) of Noida, said that no one was injured in the incident.

Massive Fire

Firefighters faced a lot of difficulties at the scene because there had not been many instances of a fire of this scale. Fortunately, there were no chemicals inside the factory, which only had cartons and plastic moulds. 

The cooler company belongs to a businessman called Puneet Goyal.