Video: Massive fire breaks out at cooler manufacturing factory in Greater Noida

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A massive fire broke out at a cooler manufacturing factory in Greater Noida, rapidly taking a fierce form and engulfing the premises in thick smoke.

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00:00Massive fire has broken out in a cooler manufacturing factory.

00:05Another unit catching fire more than two hours. The fire is still out of control.

00:10We are telling you about this from Surajpur in Greater Noida.

00:15Bulldozers have been brought in to breach the walls for access to fire control vehicles.

00:20The sky has turned completely black in Greater Noida due to the smoke.

00:24Half a dozen fire engines have been engaged in extinguishing the fire.

00:29The fire was suspected to have started due to fault in the wiring.

00:33No one was injured in this fire.

00:59It will take a long time to extinguish the fire.

01:29We are at a cooler factory in Noida's Surajpur area.

01:35More than 15 workers here are fear trapped inside.

01:40This is Surajpur I understand.

01:42Pictures are from the location in Greater Noida where efforts are on to douse the fire.

01:49The wiring fault has led to the fire is what we know.

01:53Ashutosh Mishra is with us for the latest.

01:56Ashutosh horrific pictures are coming in.

01:59Just tell us what does it look like? Are there workers trapped inside?

02:03Do you have any confirmation on that?

02:08So far the information is that we have nearly dozens of firefighters struggling to douse the fire.

02:15Reportedly the moment the fire triggered in the first factory most of these workers left out.

02:20There was a sense of panic and they immediately left.

02:23Now eventually as we see the high wind speed today that also supported the fire and the flames.

02:28Within 30 minutes not just one but 2, 3, 4 and nearly 5 factories in this entire compound caught into the fire.

02:36As now we see totally smoke in the air.

02:39Everything looking black around.

02:41More than a dozen firefighters are now struggling.

02:43Look at this side.

02:44One this side the fire anti-fire protector suits.

02:47These firefighters are now controlling to douse the flame at least.

02:50And on the other side because eventually it was to 5 started spreading out to be another compound.

02:55Because this is all industrial unit lines and where you have a flammable substances all around.

03:01So this was one a cooler building factory.

03:03Eventually for the coolers you have a plastic materials and then there is a furniture factory.

03:08So clearly everything that is available around the fire and the flame is actually the flammable.

03:12And that is eventually along with the high wind speed.

03:15Look at this scary smoke all over.

03:17It's been more than 2 hours now Sneha.

03:19As we have been seeing through from the core premises area for the another.

03:24Now look at this.

03:25The protector suit that these firefighters are wearing.

03:28This is eventually because they will be making in roads to enter inside the premises.

03:32And until and unless they totally control on the flames.

03:35There will be possibility and the threat further to catch fire in the another.

03:39And all the flammable elements that are lying inside.

03:43Reportedly when the fire caught most of the people had left.

03:46Dozens of the firefighters are struggling.

03:48And now as we see look at this.

03:49That's one unit with the fire factory inside 5 around.

03:52And clearly as the fire is spreading to the another areas.

03:55More and more units are actually in the threat of getting caught in this fire.

04:01And clearly what this is making difficult for the firefighters.

04:05One after one.

04:06Earlier it was only half a dozen of these firefighters.

04:09Now we see the number is increasing.

04:11More men forwards are being roped in.

04:13The bulldozer has been caught in just in case to make a way.

04:16For the firefighters to make access.

04:19And look at on the other side.

04:20The scary flames are coming out.

04:22And this is looks like the another unit.

04:24The factory unit.

04:25The commercial area is getting caught into the fire.

04:28So now we have the police.

04:29And maximum number of the firefighters who are here at the site.

04:33To douse the fire.

04:34To control over the fire.

04:35And the situation has been really out of control.

04:37At least for 2 hours it has been.

04:39Nearly dozens of the firefighters are struggling.

04:41And still they have not been able to make any success.

04:44What we say you know a sight of relief is.

04:47That clearly there was no workers possibly who could be trapped inside.

04:51Because one when notice there was sense of alarm.

04:54Sense of panic.

04:56And almost all these workers at the site.

04:58Left immediately.

05:00This industrial side.

05:02And nearly 15 to 20 minutes.

05:04Because there is a high wind speed.

05:06And that supported along with the flammable substances.

05:08That were inside.

05:10And also the raw materials that were lying.

05:12All around this industrial unit.

05:14So that was catching.

05:16The fire substances along with the wind speed.

05:18And that picked up the.

05:20That really picked up the flame.

05:22All around this area.

05:24But still the struggle continues.

05:26The number of firefighters are increasing.

05:28Number of fire engines are increasing.

05:30And so is the flame as we see.

05:32The periphery.

05:34One industrial unit periphery is being breached.

05:36On the another side.

05:38We see the another unit is also on the verge of getting caught.

05:40By this massive massive fire.

05:42Breaks out in the industrial area.

05:44Of Surajpur in greater Noida.

05:46These are the live images.

05:48As we see the firefighters are struggling.

05:50One to another point.

05:52The first is to control the flame.

05:54Because once you stop burning of the.

05:56The flammable substances.

05:58And also the raw material that is inside.

06:00Only it will be able to control the fire.

06:02And now as we see.

06:04Five minutes ago there was only a smoke.

06:06And now because the flame is so high.

06:08And so is the smoke.

06:10That we see the smoke is actually covering the flame.

06:12And now as we take the camera and the pan to a side.

06:14Look at this.

06:16The entire skyline is now being covered.

06:18With a thick smoke.

06:20And what is has been a sight of relief.

06:22For the people here.

06:24Sneha those have been living alongside.

06:26Because there is a wind speeder.

06:28Which is going totally on the opposite side.

06:30Had it been on the reverse way.

06:32Or the other side.

06:34Clearly hundreds of these local.

06:36Would have been affected by such a dark.

06:38And a black smoke.

06:40And people would have been really.

06:42Suffering for breathing.

06:44And now as we see.

06:46This explains the furious fire.

06:48Looks like another unit finally has caught fire.

06:50So while the fire fighters are struggling.

06:52To control the fire in certain areas.

06:54The fire is increasing.

06:56And now taking catch to.

06:58The more and more commercial units.

07:00Which are just along in this industrial area.

07:02So earlier it were four to five.

07:04Looks like more and more units are.

07:06Getting grip of this fire Sneha.

07:08Okay I am going to thank you for the moment.

07:10Ashutosh Mishra getting us up to speed.

07:12With those details.

07:14Pictures are from Surajpur in Greater Noida.

07:16And Ashutosh is telling us.

07:18Has caught fire.

07:20Attempts to douse the fire.

07:22Let us see on your screens right now.

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