Ghaziabad, April 30 -- A massive blaze at a high-rise residential building in Ghaziabad's Indirapuram on Wednesday morning burnt through at least eight flats and damaged another four-to-six and was brought under control after a two-hour firefighting operation, officials said, adding that no casualties was reported.

Fire department officials said they received a call at around 8.50am reporting the blaze, after which five fire tenders arrived at the spot. The blaze, they said, appeared to have started from a flat on the ninth floor of Gaur Green Avenue, and spread quickly to the flats on the five floors above. They said that initial investigation suggested as the fire was caused by a short-circuit, but the exact cause will be known after a...