Overview

• Early on June 27, fires erupted at Sham Paints Industries in Noida’s Sector 2 and at a paint factory in Delhi’s Bawana Industrial Area.
• Authorities initially deployed two local fire tenders before summoning support from Ghaziabad, Hapur, Bulandshahr, Meerut and private firefighting units.
• The blazes did not spread to adjacent factories and were contained without any injuries or fatalities.
• Thick plumes of smoke from the Noida fire were visible across multiple nearby sectors but posed no reported health hazards.
• Investigators have launched probes into the causes of both fires and are reviewing compliance with industrial safety regulations.