UP: Huge blaze in tent house godown in Prayagraj; Firefighters face high flames

The firefighters were seen battling to overcome the highrise flames facing the dense smoke in and around tent godown. Read further on Dynamite News

Prayagraj: A massive fire broke out in a tent house godown in Prayagraj on Saturday morning. As a result high flames and dense smoke covered the sky, reports Dynamite News correspondent.

The fire broke out in the tent godown near the Parade Ground in the Mahakumbh area here in ​​​​Prayagraj.

The firefighters were seen battling to overcome the highrise flames facing the dense smoke in and around tent godown.

Several fire brigade vehicles arrived at the spot as soon as the information of fire was recieved. So far no loss of life has been reported.

RK Chaurasia, Fire Officer said that as soon as we received the information of fire in the godown, we rushed fire tankers to the spot immeidiately.

"We received information about the fire in the godown. I immediately mobilised all fire tankers from the fire station. The Chief Fire Officer is also here with me," said Chaurasia

The Fire Officer further said, "I called for fire tankers from all the nearby districts, given the incident. All the defence tankers have also been called. The fire is huge and its temperature is so high that we have to use shields to put it out... I have also got blisters all over my body... Extremely heavy storage in the godown caused this fire. The people there were told many times they should move all this stuff away. Cylinders were also kept there, which also exploded in the fire... Appropriate action will be taken once the fire is extinguished."

The cause of fire is not yet known.

(... to be updated)