Fire breaks out at Noida’s Logix Mall, doused after nearly 2 hours

A major fire broke out at a shop inside Logix Mall in Sector 32 in Noida on Friday morning around 11am, officials said. Ten fire tenders have been rushed to the spot.

“The fire department was alerted by the fire fighting alarm system of the mall and fire tenders were immediately rushed to the spot. We found that the fire had broke out at the Adidas showroom on the first floor, probably due to a short circuit. The shop, along with other showrooms, were shut. Firefighters used saw cutters to cut open the shutter and entered the showroom to douse the flames,” Noida’s chief fire officer Pradeep Chaubey said.

By the time firefighters reached the spot, the mall’s security personnel and management staff had evacuated around 50 people.

“Only mall staffers and security personnel were present when the fire broke out. As soon as the fire broke out and smoke billowed, the mall’s firefighting alarm system alerted the people inside. There was no one stuck inside when we reached,” Chaubey said.

The fire was doused by 12.30 pm.