GREATER NOIDA, April 4 -- In a decisive move to bolster fire safety in industrial units, the Gautam Budh Nagar administration has constituted a high-level committee to ensure compliance with fire safety norms, officials said on Thursday. The committee will conduct regular inspections, enforce strict regulations, and take legal action against violators to prevent industrial fires.

The urgency to strengthen fire safety measures comes in the wake of recent fire incidents in Noida and Greater Noida. On Tuesday, four people, including two women, jumped from the third and fourth floors of an eight-storey building in Noida's Sector 18 to escape a fire caused by an air conditioner compressor blast. More than 150 people were inside the building a...