UP Fire breaks out in girls hostel in Greater Noida one injured

    Noida, Mar 28 (PTI): A fire broke out in a girls' hostel in Greater Noida on Thursday evening after an air conditioner (AC) compressor exploded, an official said. No fatalities were reported, but one girl was injured while attempting to escape the fire.
    The incident occurred in Annapurna Girls Hostel in Knowledge Park 3 after an air AC compressor exploded on the second floor of the building, said Pradeep Kumar, Noida chief fire officer (CFO), on Friday.
     "The injured girl was admitted to a hospital. She is better now,” he added.
    According to the fire official, as soon as the fire broke out, smoke spread throughout the building, resulting in chaos among the 160 students residing there.
    “Upon receiving the information about the incident, two fire tenders reached the spot, and the fire team and the locals successfully evacuated students from the hostel building. The team members then doused the fire," said Kumar. 
     A video from the incident is circulating online. Shot from a terrace of a nearby building, it shows two girls attempting to escape the fire by climbing out from a balcony on the second floor of the multi-storey building. Locals can be seen placing a ladder to rescue girls. When one of them tries to get on the ladder, she loses her balance and falls down.

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