A fire broke out at the Galaxy Plaza shopping complex in Greater Noida (West), located under Bisrakh Police station area of Gaur City-1 on Thursday afternoon.

In a video shared by news agency PTI, people were seen hanging from the third floor and eventually jumping to exit the building.

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The authorities suspect that the fire was caused due to an electrical short circuit.

Gautam Budh Nagar CFO Pradeep Kumar, while addressing the media, informed that the fire was doused within 20 minutes and the two people who tried to escape from the window have sustained minor injuries.

“We received information that a fire broke out on the third floor of Galaxy Plaza at around 1:00 pm. Acting swiftly teams were sent…,” he said.