This is an archive article published on April 11, 2022

35 cattle dead in Ghaziabad fire

District Magistrate and other senior officials later reached the spot to evaluate the extent of the damage. Some of the cattle are currently being treated at a veterinary hospital.

Fire officers received a call around 2 pm. Adjacent to the shanties is Shri Krishna cow shelter, where nearly 100 cows and buffaloes are kept. (Representative)

By: Express News Service

2 min readGhaziabadApr 11, 2022 08:08 PM IST First published on: Apr 11, 2022 at 08:08 PM IST

At least 35 cattle were charred to death after a fire spread from shanties to a cow shelter in Ghaziabad’s Indirapuram on Monday afternoon.

“We received information on Monday afternoon that there has been a fire in the jhuggis in Indirapuram. Officials and fire tenders rushed to the spot and found that the fire had engulfed a cow shelter as well. We are trying to ascertain the cause. While the cattle could not be saved, no person was injured,” said an officer from Indirapuram police station.

Fire officers received a call around 2 pm. Adjacent to the shanties is Shri Krishna cow shelter, where nearly 100 cows and buffaloes are kept.