Maha Kumbh: 180 cottages, 5 bikes burnt to ashes. Did someone from outside set the fire?
180 cottages of Geeta Press camp have been burnt to ashes due to a fire at the Maha Kumbh fair. A Geeta Press trustee said that the fire came from outside. Goods worth crores have been burnt to ashes, but luckily there has been no loss of life.
These days, a grand Maha Kumbh fair is held in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh. Crores of devotees are arriving from the country and abroad. However, a fire at the Maha Kumbh Fair on Sunday created a stir. Everything was going perfectly at the fair when the administration got information that there was a fire in Sector 19 of the fair area. The fire broke out in the camp of Geeta Press Gorakhpur at around four in the afternoon, and about 180 cottages were burnt to ashes.
A fire broke out in the Maha Kumbh fair at four in the afternoon on Sunday, creating a stir. This fire broke out in the Geeta Press Gorakhpur camp. First, the fire started in the straw, and then the fire took a monstrous form due to the explosion of a gas cylinder. In no time, about 180 cottages made of bamboo and straw were burnt to ashes. Five bikes and five lakh rupees in cash also went up in flames.
What did the trustee of Gita Press say?
During the accident, more than 10 LPG cylinders kept in the cottages exploded, but luckily, no one was killed. However, two people from Haryana and Siliguri were burnt due to the fire and admitted to the hospital for treatment. Regarding the incident, Krishna Kumar Khemka, trustee of Gita Press, said that about 180 cottages were built, and they were prepared with great care. Everyone was forbidden from doing fire-related work.
Crores of loss
Krishna Kumar Khemka said, “The area across which we had made the border was declared a circulatory area. I don’t know to whom the administration gave that place. From there, something of fire came towards us, and the fire spread.”. He also told me that his kitchen was of a tin shed, but it was concrete. However, now he has nothing left; everything is gone. Goods worth crores have been burnt to ashes in the fire, but luckily there has been no loss of life.
Cottages burnt to ashes
During the fire in the Maha Kumbh Mela, there was an atmosphere of chaos in the fair for some time. When the people present in the camp saw the fire, they shouted and ran with water, but within a few minutes, the flames of fire had engulfed many cottages. Due to the high speed of the wind, other tents also came under the grip of fire one after the other. The crowd started looking helpless in front of the high flames of the fire. After this, more than 15 fire brigade teams controlled the fire after a lot of effort.
