Mahakumbh 2025: Massive Fire Erupts at Fairgrounds, Fire Brigade Rushes to Spot

A massive fire broke out on Sunday in the ongoing Maha Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj in which many tents were seen burning. A video of this incident has surfaced where a passenger sitting on the train made a video of it. This video was made by a passenger in the train passing over the bridge which is now going viral on social media.

The video shows the scene of the Maha Kumbh Mela being held in Prayagraj. The train is passing over the bridge, and the passenger sitting inside the train is comfortably making a video of the Maha Kumbh. While the video is being recorded, the scene of tents burning is captured. It is also seen in the video that efforts are also being made to extinguish the fire at that time.

Gita Press camp burnt.

This fire broke out in the Shastri Bridge Sector-19 camp of the Maha Kumbh Mela area. There was a joint camp of Akhil Bharatiya Dharma Sangh and Gita Press at this place. A fire broke out near this, in which the Gita Press camp was burnt to a great extent. However, there is no news of any casualties.

The fire started due to a cylinder blast.

Let us tell you that a fire broke out in the fair area of ​​​​Mahakumbh in Prayagraj at around 4:30 in the evening. This fire broke out in the camp of Gita Press in Sector 19 near Shastri Bridge, in which about 180 cottages of Gita Press were burnt in the fire. According to the officers, the cylinder blasted while cooking food. After this many cylinders blasted. 12 fire brigades were sent to extinguish the fire. The fire brigade brought the fire under control within an hour. It is being told that about 500 people were rescued from the fire.