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Is Ghaziabad ready to tackle blazes? Only 23 fire engines, a single crane for high fires
2 min readGhaziabadMay 1, 2026 03:56 AM IST “We rushed two hydraulic cranes and four fire tenders along with our personnel,” Pradeep Kumar, Chief Fire Officer of GB Nagar, said. Around 9 am on Thursday, when the fire at Gaur Green Avenue in Indirapuram, Ghaziabad had already been raging for 30-45 minutes, the Fire Department of neighbouring Gautam Buddha Nagar district received a request for additional fire-fighting equipment. “We rushed two hydraulic cranes and four fire tenders along with our personnel,” Pradeep Kumar, Chief Fire Officer of GB Nagar, said.Several residents of the...