Ghaziabad News: Back-to-back blasts were heard after a massive fire broke out in a truck loaded with gas cylinders on the Delhi Wazirabad Road in the Ghaziabad district of Uttar Pradesh.
Chief Fire Officer Rahul Kumar, fire brigade officials and employees were on the spot but as the cylinders continued to explode, the fire brigade personnel were not able to reach the truck. The sound of the cylinder blast was heard for several kilometres.
Locals claimed that the blasts damaged property around the area. They said a nearby wooden godown and a house had been affected. A nearby hotel was also reportedly damaged, with all its mirrors broken from the impact of the blast. Councillor Om Pal Bhatti said the police and fire brigade personnel had managed to control the fire.