A fire broke out on the 17th floor of Eldeco Society in Sector 119, Noida on Wednesday night. According to the fire brigade officials, a short circuit in the flat caused fire incident.
The incident triggered chaos in the residential society, but police and the fire department officials rushed to the site and controlled the situation.
The visual from Eldeco Society showed blaze flaring up in the balcony of the 17th floor of the tower.
AC blast sparks fire at Noida high-rise flat
Earlier, a fire broke out inside a flat in a posh high-rise society in Noida on May 20 apparently due to a blast in an air conditioner in the house. There were no casualties in the incident that took place at Lotus Boulevard society in Sector 100.
Chief Fire Officer Pradeep Kumar Choubey said locals and society residents alerted the fire service unit about the incident in the flat on the 10th floor of the building at 10.10 am.
"We immediately rushed five vehicles (water tenders) to the spot. But before our vehicles could reach there, the firefighting systems installed in the society managed to put out the fire within 10 minutes," he said.
"The fire was triggered by a blast in the AC (air conditioner). Since the firefighting systems like sprinklers, extinguishers, hoses, were working fine, the fire did not spread out much and was contained in one room (of the flat)," Choubey said, adding that there was no loss of life or injury to any person in the episode.
An "AC blast" generally refers to an explosion or fire involving an air conditioning (AC) unit. Such incidents can occur due to various factors, often related to electrical or mechanical failures, according to officials.
(With agencies inputs)
