Ahmedabad: Fire breaks out at residential building off SG Highway, all rescued
Ahmedabad fire news: A fire broke out at the Ganesh Genesis building located off the SG Highway in in Ahmedabad
In Short
- Fire broke out on the 4th and 5th floor of the building
- 30 people were initially trapped in the fire; all were rescued
- Two people suffered serious injuries in the fire
A major fire broke out at a residential building in Gujarat's Ahmedabad this afternoon. The fire broke out at the Ganesh Genesis building located in the Gota locality of Ahmedabad. The building is located off the SG Highway, which links Ahmedbad to Gandhinagar.
Teams from the fire brigade managed to succesfully rescue everybody trapepd in the fire.
Visuals posted on Twitter by a local news channel showed the top half of the building in flames and black smoke billowing into the air.
The fire broke out on the fourth and fifth floors of the building. Around 30 people were intially trapped in the Ahmedabad building fire. All were safely rescued. However, two people suffered injuries and their condition was serious, a fire officer present at the site told reporters.
Local news channel TV9 Gujarati reported that the fire brigade had to use ropes to rescue people since the hydraulic ladder that is usually used to rescue people from building failed to operate.
(With inputs from Gopi Maniar in Ahmedabad)