India, April 17 -- About 200 shanties and dozens of scrap godowns were gutted in a "major blaze" in Kanawani near Indirapuram on Thursday afternoon, officials said, adding that 25 fire tenders were pressed into service to extinguish the fire but no casualty was reported.

Majority of the shanties had LPG cylinders, and many of these exploded during the fire, chief fire officer (CFO) Rahul Pal told HT.

Fire department officials said that they received a call around 12.20pm.

"It was a major fire.The fire was controlled by 4.30pm. 22 fire tenders were roped in from Ghaziabad and Noida, while three were called in from industrial units. About 150-200 shanties and dozens of scrap godowns were gutted. No injuries or loss of life were reported....