A factory owner has been booked after a fire broke out in his factory here and three workers were charred to death, police said on Wednesday.

Greater Noida: Three men were charred to death after a fire broke out at a sofa factory in Greater Noida’s Beta 2 locality on Tuesday morning, said officials, adding that an initial probe indicated gas leakage in an LPG cylinder while cooking led to the blaze.

A tragic fire claimed the lives of three workers at a Greater Noida sofa factory. The fire started early Tuesday morning in the Beta 2 industrial area

The fire was reported around 8.15 am from the factory located in the Site 4 area under the the Beta 2 police station limits.

A fire at a Greater Noida furniture factory claimed the lives of three workers early Tuesday. The victims, Gulfam, Mazhar Alam, and Dilshad, were aged 23 to 29.