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Noida, A fire that had broken out in a dumping yard of horticulture department here was completely extinguished after 100 hours on Friday, according to officials.ge..
Around 150 firefighters, 15 water tenders and multiple earthmovers were deployed at the site and more than an estimated 35 lakh litres of water used to control the fire, the officials said..
We had rushed 15 water tenders to the site and today, after five days, we have completely extinguished the fire," Noida's Chief Fire Officer Pradeep Kumar Choubey said..
. Earlier on Thursday, Choubey told PTI that 150 firefighters had been deployed at the site and with the help of 15 water tenders they were trying to completely douse the flames that had erupted inside the plot, measuring 2 km by 1.5 km..
Ever since the fire broke out, these fire tenders have refilled water 40 to 50 times on an average," Choubey said, adding an estimated around 35 lakh litres of water has been used so far..
