‘Bachao, Bachao’: Woman’s final call as fire at EV charging point kills two in Noida

VIDEO | Fire breaks out in a residential building in Mamura village in Noida. Rescue operations underway. More details are awaited.

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According to an officer who was involved in the rescue operation, Shrivastava called a relative, who is based in Dubai and was visiting Noida, after she was unable to come down the stairs due to flames. “She kept saying bachao, bachao on the call,” the officer added.

“Shrivastava lived alone and worked in a private company to support her family. Her father and siblings live in Muzaffarpur,” the relative said.

“Local police and fire officials rushed to the spot with seven fire tenders and a hydraulic platform. The fire team extinguished the blaze and safely evacuated around 50 families living in the building. However, a man and a woman suffered severe smoke inhalation and were rushed to the district hospital, where they were declared dead on arrival,” said DCP (Central Noida) Shailendra Kumar Singh.

Singh said an FIR has been registered against the building owner and the leaseholder on the charge of negligence. “Both have been taken into custody,” he added.

Sahil (30), who lives in the opposite building, said he heard frantic cries for help.

After hearing a child screaming around 11.30 am, he rushed to his building’s terrace. “Along with other residents, I first tried using bamboo poles and later placed a wooden ladder horizontally between the two terraces to create a makeshift bridge.”

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“We rescued 20 people. Some were carrying small children. One father pleaded with us to save his two-year-old daughter. They couldn’t use the stairs and had to run to the terrace,” he said.

Sahil said the narrow lanes delayed the fire brigade’s rescue operation, as fire engines could not reach the building. The vehicles had to stop at the entrance of the lane and firefighters pulled the hoses until they reached the building, he added.

Hours after the fire was extinguished, residents sat outside with their belongings packed in suitcases, calling up relatives, while others tried to identify their charred vehicles.

Aans Chaudhary (30), who lived on the first floor of the building for the last six years and paid a monthly rent of Rs 9,000, sat on a nearby stone slab with soot covering his hands and clothes.

“My company is based in Gurgaon, but I was working from home when I heard loud explosions. One by one, the fuel tanks of vehicles parked in the basement exploded. There were fire extinguishers, and people tried to douse the flames with water, but the fire spread too quickly.”

“Had this happened at night, many people would have died in their sleep. Though there are two exits, the burning vehicles blocked the main exit, making it difficult to escape,” he added.