Noida– A massive fire broke out in an apartment in the Lotus Boulevard society in Noida’s Sector 100, due to explosion in AC unit. Many residents fled the building with their belongings in a rush before the fire quickly extended its harm to other flats in the high-rise arrangement. The incident occurred on a hot summer day that has hit the National Capital Region in the summer leading to the heightening of tension and panic in the region.
Blast and subsequent fire was enough to cause initial rush among inhabitants. Neighbours in the neighbouring flats were observed scrambling to evacuate the building with the urgency needed to grab whatever they needed at that instant. Haze developed thick and bluish where it posed a severe condition which contributed to requiring more dangerous conditions to evacuate the area. Most people had to use the balconies to attract the attention of neighbours, and raise the alarm, waving pieces of cloth aggressively. The heat and thick bluish black smoke Además, hindered people from breathing, and this called for abrupt action from the fire department.
Soon there was an influx of horrific clips spread across the social media platforms portraying a blaze of thick plumes of smoke rising out of the affected flat. These videos disseminated on social media platforms made people observe the rescue of persons from the building as well as the aggressiveness of the fire. Supreme court common law had witnesses reporting that the fire was furious and did not stop until everything was consumed.
Firefighters promptly responded to the scene in an attempt to fully extinguish the fire with all means available to them. He also noticed that their attempts were hampered by heat and winds, while reaching for more gasoline ended up in making the fire even more dangerous. Nevertheless, due to very challenging circumstances, the fire department struggled to put out the fire and to ensure that did not extend to the other flats or structures in the society.