Jan 19, 2025 05:53 PM IST
Officers stated the fireplace was largely introduced below management after an hour of firefighting and efforts are underway to stop it from spreading any additional
A serious fireplace broke out probably because of blasts of cooking gasoline cylinders in a camp on the Mahakumbh tent metropolis in Prayagraj on Sunday with over two dozen tents believed to have been gutted within the incident, officers stated, including that it was largely introduced below management after an hour of firefighting and efforts are underway to stop it from spreading any additional. Officers are but to verify any casualty within the incident.
The fireplace broke out in Sector 19 of the sprawling 4,000-hectare tent metropolis on the banks of Sangam with plumes of smoke rising from the burning camp. (PTI)
“Two gas cylinders exploded in the camp Sector 19 of the Mela area causing a massive fire in the camp. Multiple fire tenders have been rushed to the site and efforts are underway to control the fire and prevent it from spreading any further,” stated chief fireplace officer (CFO) of Mela, Pramod Sharma.
The fireplace broke out in Sector 19 of the sprawling 4,000-hectare tent metropolis on the banks of Sangam with plumes of smoke rising from the burning camp. 4 fire-tender vehicles and eight fire-fighting bikes reached the spot to extinguish the flames and Nationwide Catastrophe Response Pressure (NDRF) personnel are additionally on the location aiding within the efforts. Site visitors jams within the mela space precipitated issues for fireplace tenders and ambulances to succeed in the spot.
Senior mela officers, together with DM of Mahakumbh Nagar Vijay Kiran Anand, SSP (Mela) Rajesh Dwivedi and DIG (Mela) Vaibhav Krishna reached the location to oversee the efforts.
The 45-day honest kick-started on January 13 and is ready to conclude on February 26.
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