India, May 22 -- Two separate fire incidents involving garbage and junk heaps were reported in the city on Thursday, with extreme heat suspected to be the cause behind the blazes, said officials, adding that no injuries or casualties were reported in either of the incidents.

The first incident was reported from Sector 80, Noida in the morning, where open garbage caught fire. Six fire tenders had to pressed into service to control the blaze after some local person informed the fire department about the incident.

"We received the information around 11:30 am about an open Garbage fire. The blaze was brought under control in nearly two hours, following which cooling operations were carried out to prevent it from spreading further," said chi...