Lagatar24 Desk
New Delhi, Feb 12: At least two minors, including a newborn, were killed and several others were injured after a massive fire broke out in a slum in Noida’s Sector 8 area on Saturday night.
As per information, the deceased was identified as an 8-year-old boy and a 12-day-old newborn girl. The cause of the fire appears to be a domestic gas cylinder leakage.
After receiving information, the police reached the spot and sent the injured to the district hospital Nithari.
“We received information at about 2.52 am that a pucca slum hut in Sector 8, Noida, in the Phase-1 police station area had caught fire. Two fire service units rushed to the spot in just four minutes. After reaching there, we saw that six family members were burnt due to the explosion of a domestic gas cylinder. The police immediately sent them to the Nithari district hospital. We doused the fire within 20 minutes,” said chief fire officer (CFO) Pradip Kumar Chaubey.
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Police said that two children died during treatment. The other four injured were then referred to Delhi’s Safdarjung Hospital. Phase 1 police station is taking necessary action.
As per the police officials, the main cause of the fire has been found to be a leakage in the gas cylinder. Further investigation is underway.
