NEW DELHI, March 12 (Xinhua) -- At least 26 workers were injured Thursday after a fire broke out inside an electric meter manufacturing factory on the outskirts of the Indian capital territory Delhi, police said.
The fire inside Capital Power System Limited in Sector 4's Thana Phase 1 of Noida triggered chaos and panic among workers at the factory, and many jumped from the roof of the factory and were injured, a police official said.
"So far, no casualties have been reported. Efforts are underway to bring the fire under control, and rescuers are trying hard to save those trapped inside the factory," a senior fire service official Pradeep Kumar Choubey told the media.
Over two dozen fire engines were rushed to the spot to douse the flame.
Reports said dozens of workers were present inside the factory when the fire broke out.
The cause of the fire was not immediately known. ■