New Delhi: Two firefighters lost their lives and three others were injured after a wall and a steel beam collapsed during operations to put out a major fire at an electronics factory in Greater Noida on Tuesday, officials said.
The blaze broke out late on the night of August 3-4 at the ILGIM facility in the Ecotech-3 industrial area, where electronic chips are produced. After the emergency call, local police and around 10 fire tenders reached the scene and eventually brought the flames under control, as reported by India TV.
Collapse Traps Firefighters
While firefighters were battling the blaze, a side wall of the factory and an iron beam suddenly gave way, trapping five personnel from the fire service. The injured were identified as Head Constable Driver Rajpal Singh, Fireman Manish Kumar, Head Constable Driver Teerathpal Singh, Fireman Amit Kumar and Fireman Rohit Yadav. All five were rushed to hospital immediately.
Doctors declared Fireman Rohit Yadav and Head Constable Driver Teerathpal Singh dead on arrival, while the condition of the three remaining injured firemen was said to be stable and out of danger.
Senior police officials and SDRF personnel are still deployed at the spot, and necessary legal procedures are underway as investigators work to determine what caused the blaze.
