<p>Two women, including a senior citizen, were killed in a fire at a multi-storey building here in Uttar Pradesh, while eight others rescued on Monday morning, officials said.</p>.<p>One of the deceased was 74 years old and it is suspected she died of asphyxiation, while the other, aged around 40, succumbed to burn injuries, a police officer who oversaw the rescue and relief work told <em>PTI</em>.</p>.<p>"Both the women were members of the same family. They were taken to a CHC (community health centre) but did not survive. Their postmortem reports are awaited," Assistant Commissioner of Police, Loni, Rajneesh Upadhiyai said.</p>.<p><strong>Also Watch: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/video/national/north-and-central/massive-fire-breaks-out-at-factory-in-ups-ghaziabad-1226813.html" target="_blank">Massive fire breaks out at factory in UP's Ghaziabad</a></strong></p>.<p>The incident was reported from the Lal Bagh colony of Ghaziabad district's Loni area at 6:52 am, Chief Fire Officer (CFO) Rahul Pal said and added that the building housed a tent and catering service in its ground floor.</p>.<p>The two women were found on the first and the second floors of the building and were taken to the health facility, while eight others were rescued, he said.</p>.<p>Teams were rushed to the site and two fire tenders from Tronica City and one from Sahibabad were sent, Pal said. "There was a major fire in the building's ground floor where works related to the tent house business were done," he said.</p>.<p>"There were eight persons trapped in the upper part of the building. They were rescued by breaking a wall after firefighters reached them using an external stair. When the building was further checked, a woman was found injured on the first floor and another on the second floor," Pal said.</p>.<p>On the cause of the fire, he said it seems it broke out after a short circuit in the building's ground floor. There was no one present in the ground floor during the time of the incident, he added.</p>.<p>Pal said a firefighter was injured in the rescue operation when an iron gate fell on him. The fire has been doused, the official said.</p>
<p>Two women, including a senior citizen, were killed in a fire at a multi-storey building here in Uttar Pradesh, while eight others rescued on Monday morning, officials said.</p>.<p>One of the deceased was 74 years old and it is suspected she died of asphyxiation, while the other, aged around 40, succumbed to burn injuries, a police officer who oversaw the rescue and relief work told <em>PTI</em>.</p>.<p>"Both the women were members of the same family. They were taken to a CHC (community health centre) but did not survive. Their postmortem reports are awaited," Assistant Commissioner of Police, Loni, Rajneesh Upadhiyai said.</p>.<p><strong>Also Watch: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/video/national/north-and-central/massive-fire-breaks-out-at-factory-in-ups-ghaziabad-1226813.html" target="_blank">Massive fire breaks out at factory in UP's Ghaziabad</a></strong></p>.<p>The incident was reported from the Lal Bagh colony of Ghaziabad district's Loni area at 6:52 am, Chief Fire Officer (CFO) Rahul Pal said and added that the building housed a tent and catering service in its ground floor.</p>.<p>The two women were found on the first and the second floors of the building and were taken to the health facility, while eight others were rescued, he said.</p>.<p>Teams were rushed to the site and two fire tenders from Tronica City and one from Sahibabad were sent, Pal said. "There was a major fire in the building's ground floor where works related to the tent house business were done," he said.</p>.<p>"There were eight persons trapped in the upper part of the building. They were rescued by breaking a wall after firefighters reached them using an external stair. When the building was further checked, a woman was found injured on the first floor and another on the second floor," Pal said.</p>.<p>On the cause of the fire, he said it seems it broke out after a short circuit in the building's ground floor. There was no one present in the ground floor during the time of the incident, he added.</p>.<p>Pal said a firefighter was injured in the rescue operation when an iron gate fell on him. The fire has been doused, the official said.</p>