Ghaziabad: A massive fire broke out at a plastic factory in the Vijay Nagar industrial area of Ghaziabad on Sunday, news agency ANI reported. Six fire tenders rushed to the spot, and firefighting operations were underway.

Source: ANI via Daily Prabhat

NewsX, reporting the same fire, said the blaze broke out at a plastic manufacturing factory in the Vijay Nagar industrial area and that about 80 per cent of the fire had been brought under control after hours of firefighting by the fire crews at the spot.

Source: NewsX

The initial reports did not state the cause of the fire, and further details were awaited from officials. The ANI report, published on Sunday evening, did not give any information about casualties in this incident.

Sunday's fire was the second major factory blaze reported in Ghaziabad within days: on November 4, a fire at a packaging factory in the Tronica City industrial area of Loni was brought under control after about three and a half hours of firefighting with six tenders, and no casualties were reported in that incident.