About 100 hutments were gutted in Kinaoni locality in Ghaziabad on Tuesday morning.
Fire-fighters took over two hours to control the blaze in the Indirapuram area, an official said.
Illegal use of a cooking gas cylinder was blamed for the disaster, Superintendent of Police Akash Tomar said. No one was hurt in the incident.
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