Many families lost their shelter as a massive fire engulfed a slum cluster in Sarfabad around Noida sector 73 in Noida. The fire, which started in one of the shanties located at a corner, soon spread to the entire cluster of jhuggis which had scrap material like cardboard, iron, paper and old vehicles strewn around. The cause of which is not known yet. The fire spread because most of the jhuggis were made of bamboo, grass and plastic sheets, barring a few made of tin-sheets.