Uttar Pradesh: Fire at Mahakumbh Nagar site, one injured

A fire broke out at an enclosure located in Sector 4 of Mahakumbh Nagar here officials said on Friday According to the officials the fire broke out late night on Thursday At least one person with injuries was rescued and sent to a medical facility in an ambulance close to midnight last nightMultiple fire tenders were rushed in around 1130 pm on ThursdayEven a day after the culmination of the Maha Kumbh 2025 on February 26 people continued to flock to the Triveni Sangam and a crowd of onlooker began to gather as fire tenders reached the site of the accident after crossing the ceremonial Nandi DwarThere was no official word on the nature of the fire yet or its causeThe fire that broke out in an enclosure near the Shastri Bridge has been contained a fire department personnel on duty told PTI close to midnightThe old man who was rescued had a wound over his nose and one of his hands smeared in spotPTI tried speaking to him while he sat in the ambulance but he appeared to be in a state of shockChief Fire Officer of Mahakukbh Nagar Pramod Sharma in the early hours of Friday said The fire broke out in a sanitation colony located in Sector 4 of the Mahakumbh Nagar around 1130 pm It was a chholdari tent basic tentOne person was injured in the accident he saidThe injured man who later identified himself as Bihari Lal 73 and a native of Prayagraj district narrated the chain of events as he showed the burn injuries sustained in his right handI came back to the enclosure after they gave me medical aid he saidFive chholdari tents were there which got gutted I was in one of them along with another person who was asleep I had returned from bathroom to my tent and was trying to sleep when the incident happened I dont know how it started Lal told PTI in the early hours of FridayHe said he and others tried to wake him up but in vain and presumably got injured in the accidentInside the enclosure a couple of other chhodari tents are there and one of the two men sitting inside it said he and other people who are staying in this tent are staffers who were deployed for the mega festival for sprinkling water on chequered plates laid in Mela area to create temporary pathwaysHe claimed the other tents were empty and that besides Lal the other person who was sharing the tent with him has also suffered injuries and was sent to a hospitalHowever there is no official confirmation yet on thisA few motors and sprinkler pipes could be seen lying inside the enclosureOn the gutted side burnt articles tarred steel plates and a coiled sprinkle pipe could be seen lying on the groundA visitor from Chennai who also went near the site of the accident around 1130 pm on Thursday after seeing fire tenders being rushed there said The old man who suffered injuries in hand was crying while sitting in a corner of the enclosure before being rescued I even tried speaking to him when he was being taken to an ambulanceMaha Kumbh takes place at the confluence of the rivers Ganga Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati in PrayagrajShastri Bridge is located across Ganga riverThe religious spectacle that takes place once in 12 years began on January 13 Paush Purnima and saw grand processions of Naga Sadhus and three Amrit Snans It ended with the final auspicious snan on Mahashivratri on WednesdayOver 66 crore people took the holy dip at the Triveni Sangam during the course of the Maha Kumbh melaThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever