India, Oct. 8 -- A three-storey building being used as straw making factory in Greater Noida was gutted after a massive fire broke out in the industrial area of Ecotech 3 early Tuesday morning, requiring nearly six hours to extinguish the blaze, said fire officials, adding that however no casualty was reported in the incident.

Officials said though all three floors were gutted, the firefighters managed to prevent the fire from spreading to an adjacent paint factory.

"On Tuesday around 3am, the fire control room was alerted that a fire had broken out at a factory in C Block in Ecotech 3. Upon receiving the information, fire tenders from surrounding fire stations were dispatched to the spot," said chief fire officer (Gautam Budh Nagar) Pr...