Ghaziabad, May 9 -- A 70-year-old man was burnt to death and at least 12 vehicles were gutted in a fire at a service centre in Ghaziabad's Patel Nagar early Saturday morning, police said.

Fire department officials said that the building, which has a ground floor plus two upper floors, houses an air-conditioner gas filling service centre, and the fire started around 3 am on Saturday.

"The fire department got a call around 3.05 am, and eight fire tenders were rushed to the spot. During a search, the 70-year-old man was found dead on the ground floor," Chief Fire Officer Rahul Pal said.

"The fire possibly started from a short circuit on the ground floor and spread quickly. Blasts also occurred in the gas cylinders stored on the ground flo...