Students jump from balcony after fire at Greater Noida girls' hostel
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Greater Noida: A fire broke out at a girls' hostel in Greater Noida on Thursday evening.
A video showed two girls who were trapped inside the hostel located in the Knowledge Park-3 area jumping from the second floor, India Today reported.
One of the girls tried vainly to reach a ladder somebody placed against the wall but eventually scrambled down, falling to the ground.
The fire reportedly broke out at the Annapurna Girls Hostel following a blast in the AC installed there.
Some of the girls present in the hostel managed to get out when the fire started.
Visuals reportedly showed huge flames sweeping out the hostel window.
The girl who fell as she tried to reach the ladder suffered no serious injuries, the fire department said.
Locals rushed to the spot to help rescue the girls with a ladder.
Chief Fire Officer (CFO) Pradeep Kumar Choubey said the fire department was informed about the fire breakout at about 5 pm on Thursday.
‘Yesterday evening at around 5 pm, we received information that a fire had broken out in the Annapurna Girls Hostel located in Knowledge Park-3. Our team immediately reached the spot and controlled the fire. Our FSO was also present at the spot,’ CFO Choubey was quoted as saying.
The officer said that all the girls in the hostel came out safely before the fire brigade reached, adding ‘There has been no loss of life in this incident. All necessary legal action is being taken’.