Fire breaks out in a home in Ghaziabad after AC unit bursts

New Delhi, June 6

The AC units causing fire in Delhi continue as another incident of major fire was reported from a housing society in Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad.

The fire officials said that a house at a residential society located in Sector 1 in Ghaziabad's Vasundhara caught massive fire when an AC device burst after it was kept running continuously for several hours. 

Two fire tenders with units including the second fire officer were rushed to the spot from the fire station Vaishali. The AC installed on the first floor of the building went up in flames after an explosion in the device. The fire soon reached the second floor.

The inmates of the house as well as the neighbours tried their best to douse the flames, but to no avail, while the local fire department was informed.

As a precautionary measure, the cooking gas connection was snapped by the authorities to avert further potential damage.

Similarly, massive fire broke out in children' hospital in Lajpat Nagar of Delhi where 12 fire tenders were rushed to save the fire in time.