Updated On: 20 January, 2025 04:15 PM IST | Mahakumbh Nagar (Uttar Pradesh) | mid-day online correspondent
The fire broke out after a small cylinder started leaking while preparing tea. Soon, two other gas cylinders kept there exploded. Forty straw huts and six other tents were gutted in the blaze

Official said they received information at 4:30 pm on Sunday about the fire in a tent in Sector 19, one of the 24 sectors of the fairground. (Pic/PTI)
A big fire broke out at the Maha Kumbh Mela on Sunday due to a cylinder blast, injuring one person and engulfing 18 tents in Sector 19, officials told news agency PTI.
The fire, which started at around 4 pm, was brought under control within an hour through 15 fire tenders, officials stated.