NOIDA, July 16 -- As smoke billowed out of the multi-storey building in Mamura village, Noida, on Wednesday morning, firefighters grappled with the challenge posed by the narrow lanes of the locality. Experts say the deadly blaze highlights the regulatory ambiguities surrounding village settlements in Noida. The first response vehicle reached the area within eight minutes, said chief fire officer (CFO) Pradeep Chaubey. But the narrow approach roads meant the fire engines could not reach the building directly. Firefighters stretched hoses from the nearest accessible point and moved forward on foot. "We had to lay hoses from wherever the vehicles could reach and gradually advance while extinguishing the fire," Chaubey told HT. The fire, polic...