=A fire broke out in a commercial building in Noida’s Sector 18 on Friday morning. The fire, which was reported by a watchman at the Sector 18 commercial building around 7 am, spread to three floors to the offices of J&K Bank, fitness centre VlCC and more than one dozen offices too. There were no injuries and the fire has been contained.
Police said that the incident took place on first floor of JOP Plaza in crowded Atta Market early morning. In a few minutes it spread to other floors. Two dozen fire tenders reached the spot and the fire was tamed after six hours. Eyewitnesses said the entire bank premises, fitness centre and several other offices gutted in the fire. No casualty was reported as the incident took place early morning.
Meanwhile, the incident revealed the ill-preparedness of authorities. There was no previous arrangement of fire extinguisher or other measures to tackle such incidents in the busiest market of the city. “The reason for the fire is yet to be known. We sent four fire tenders and more were called from the Vaishali fire station,” an official said.