Security guard killed in Noida factory fire

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A 27-year-old security guard was killed in a fire that broke out at a pen manufacturing company in Uttar Pradesh's Noida on Monday morning, police said.

The fire broke out in the early hours in the Sector 63 located company and was controlled by 7:00 am, the police said.

"Sandeep Kumar, who worked as a security guard, in the company got killed in the fire. He was a native of Bahraich district," an official from the local Phase 3 police station said.

The cause of the fire was not known immediately and further proceedings were underway, the official added.