Sector-18 of Mahakumbh has a camp of Sant Hariharanand. On Friday at 11 am, this camp caught fire.
The Mahakumbh Mela area caught fire again on Friday. Many pandals were burnt in it. The fire was so strong that by the time the fire brigade, the entire pandal was burnt.
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The accident occurred on Shankaracharya Marg in Sector-18. Here the pandal of Saint Hariharanand is built here. A sudden fire broke out at around 11 am. Eyewitnesses said that there were explosions like cylinders bursting after the fire.
Fire fighters reached the spot and took the front. The crowd removed by announcing. Barricading all around. The fire was controlled in about 40 minutes. There was no loss of life in the incident. The cause of the fire is not clear yet.
This is the third incident of fire in 20 days in Mahakumbh. Earlier, there has been a fire in Sector-22 and Sector 19.
See 3 pictures of the fire-
The fire was so severe that the smoke was visible from 1 km away.
Fire Brigade team and RAF personnel trying to extinguish the fire.
Fire brigade personnel extinguishing the fire by putting water shower.
The cause of fire is being investigated- SP City SP City Sarvesh Kumar Mishra told- There were curtains in the pandal. Because of this the fire spread rapidly. The cause of the fire is not yet clear. It is being verified. The fire has been controlled. Now cooling work is being done.
Fire was caught in Sector 22 8 days ago
This photo is on 30 January. There was a fire in Sector-22.
On January 30, there was a fire in Sector 22. Many pandals were burnt in it. The fire brigade team managed to control the fire in 20 minutes.
On January 19, fire was also set, 180 cottages were burnt
This photo is on January 19, when the pandals of Geeta Press caught fire.
On January 19, this fire broke out in the Gita Press camp in Sector 19 near Shastri Bridge. 180 cottages of Geeta Press were burnt in the fire. According to the Mahakumbh administration, the Kitchen of Geeta Press caught fire due to gas leaking while making tea from small cylinders. Due to the fire, 2 gas cylinders kept in the kitchen were blasted. There was no loss of life in the accident. Read full news
AWT is posted for fire operation, 50 fire fighting posts 4 Articulating Water Tower (LWT) with advanced features for fire operations has been deployed in Mahakumbh city. These have an advanced system like video-thermal imagine. It is used to extinguish the fire of multi -storey and height tents. LWT can extinguish the fire to a height of 35 meters.
More than 350 fire brigades, more than 2000 trend manpower, 50 fire -fire centers and 20 fire posts have been built here to make Mahakumbh Mela area fire free. Fire protection equipment has been installed in the arena and tents.
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