Fire breaks out in mall, no casualties

Greater Noida: A fire broke out at a showroom in Gaur City Mall in Greater Noida on Wednesday morning. However, no one was injured in the incident. Gautam

Budh Nagar

chief fire officer (

CFO

)

Arun Kumar Singh

said that the incident was reported 10.45 am on Wednesday. “The fire broke out at the

Bata

showroom on the third floor of Gaur City mall. Three fire tenders were rushed to the spot and it was brought under control within 30 minutes. The showroom was closed at the time of the incident and there were not many people inside the mall, as well,” he said.Police said that the initial investigation has revealed that the fire was triggered by an electric short circuit inside the shop. “The exact loss of property is being ascertained while no foul play has been found,” a senior officer at Bisrakh police station said. Earlier, on December 23, a fire had broken out at a shop in a market in the Shahberi area – close to the spot of Wednesday’s incident. At that time, the fire was triggered by an explosion of an

LPG

cylinder in a tyre puncture repair shop. Fortunately, no one was injured in the incident.