According to authorities, a fire that started at the ISKCON camp in Mahakumbh Nagar on Friday swiftly spread to more than a dozen neighboring camps, completely destroying all. There have been no recorded casualties. About a dozen water tenders were sent to the scene after the fire was reported at 10.35 am, Chief Fire Officer Pramod Sharma said, PTI. incident tenders were sent out almost right away after learning of the incident at the ISKCON camp in Sector 18.

In thirty minutes, the fire was completely controlled,” he stated. Significant damage was caused as the fire spread to more than a dozen neighboring sites. Authorities said they were investigating the cause of the fire and the damage it caused.

According to DIG (Maha Kumbh) Vaibhav Krishna, the fire department has “completely controlled” the fire issue. On X, he wrote, “No one is hurt in it.” The massive communal kitchen in Sector 19, operated by ISKCON’s camp in collaboration with the Adani Foundation, was the focus of attention. In January, Gautam Adani, the head of the Adani Group, and his family also traveled to Maha Kumbh, where they gave pilgrims complimentary meals and said prayers at Sangam. The Friday fire, according to local officials, happened at ISKCON’s second camp in Sector 18, which is a little distance from its Sector 19 site. In addition to many smaller fires, this is the third significant fire during the Maha Kumbh.

Ajay Rai, the leader of the Uttar Pradesh Congress, said Friday that the Uttar Pradesh government is concealing the true numbers to hide its failure, claiming that hundreds of people perished in the stampede during the Maha Kumbh in Prayagraj on January 29. The opposition parties have been arguing that the true numbers were higher, notwithstanding the Uttar Pradesh government’s official estimate of 30 fatalities and 60 injuries from the stampede.

“Hundreds of people died in the stampede in Kumbh due to mismanagement on the intervening night of January 28 and 29,” Ajay Rai told reporters here. many of individuals were missing, and many more were wounded.

The administration of Uttar Pradesh is so callous that it has yet to provide an accurate list of the dead and missing. In an attempt to find their loved ones, people are rushing from door to door. To hide its failure, the Yogi (Adityanath) administration is concealing the right numbers. Additionally, he said that many of the victims’ last rituals were not carried out in accordance with their religious convictions. While some dead are still lying in trash piles, some were incinerated secretly in electric crematoriums, others were scooped up by bulldozers, and some were dumped into the Ganga. Maybe this is the most insensitive thing ever,” Ajay Rai said.

The Congress politician made reference to the death of sub-inspector Anjani Kumar Rai, saying that the Ghazipur-based official “died while performing his duty during the stampede that day.” Even this courageous police officer was delayed in getting an ambulance because of the turmoil. He added that speaking with his family members exposed the “inhuman face” of the Uttar Pradesh government and that the ambulance needed to transport Anjani Kumar Rai’s body was only made available after an 11-hour wait. “And the irony is that the government is not even ready to accept that Anjani Kumar Rai died in the stampede,” he said.