Fire breaks out in leather factory, doused in 3 hours

Noida: A fire broke out at a leather manufacturing factory in Sector 65 of Noida early on Sunday morning. No casualties were reported in the incident, said a fire brigade official.

As many as 15 fire tenders were deployed to douse the blaze that had engulfed three floors of the building. The firefighting operation lasted for three hours, an official said.

“Firefighters encountered difficulty controlling the fire due to excessive smoke from the burned leather,” said Pradeep Kumar Chaubey, Gautam Budh Nagar’s chief fire officer.

Chaubey added that the electricity department was asked to cut off power because a high-tension line passed over the building.

The factory’s security guard had dialed the emergency number 112 to report that a fire had erupted on the third floor of the four-story building.

“We were alerted about the fire around 5am. A team of firefighters rushed to the spot and found that the fire had also reached almost all the floors. Fifteen fire tenders were called to extinguish the fire,” said Rahul Gautam, fire station officer of Sector 58.

Officials suspect a short circuit behind the fire. Three floors were completely gutted.

“The fire was brought under control around 8:30am. Fortunately, it was extinguished before reaching,” said CFO Chaubey, adding that as it was the weekend, the factory was closed, and aside from the security guard, no one was present.

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