Fact Check: Was the fire in Mahakumbh extinguished by filling buckets with water? The truth of the picture will shock you

New Delhi: Last Sunday evening, about 40 huts and 6 tents were burnt to ashes due to a massive fire in the Prayagraj Maha Kumbh Mela. Thanks to administrative officials, the fire broke out around 4:10 pm in Sector 19, located between the old and new railway bridges in the Mahakumbh Mela area. The fire was quite frightening, but due to the promptness of the fire department, it was brought under control and there was no news of any casualty. However, some rumors spread on social media regarding this fire incident. While sharing a picture of the fire in Mahakumbh, it is being claimed that no arrangements were made in the fair to prevent such a major accident. . The post said that a huge budget has been released for Maha Kumbh, but there were not even basic arrangements to extinguish the fire. In the investigation of the alert team, this claim was found to be false.

What is the claim on social media?

First of all let us tell you what is being claimed on social media. A photo has been posted on X (Twitter) by the X handle named Money. In this picture, some people are seen trying to extinguish the fire by filling water in buckets.

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The post with this picture reads, ‘Rs 7000 crores were spent for the fair and no arrangements were made to control the fire. There were not even fire extinguishers to extinguish the fire on the spot. People are using buckets to control the fire. The post has been reposted by 40 people. See post-

What is the truth of the claim?

To know the truth of this picture shared on social media and the claim made with it, we first searched it on Google with related keywords. Here we found links to news from some news websites. It was reported in these reports that all kinds of arrangements were present in the fair area to extinguish the fire and hence the fire was brought under control in less than an hour.

Found in search results Indian Express news According to , this fire broke out in the Maha Kumbh Mela at around 4.10 pm on Sunday evening. 15 fire brigade vehicles were deployed to extinguish the fire. Police and administrative teams reached the spot and evacuated the area. The fire was completely brought under control by 5 pm.

Times of India news It has been reported that a major accident was narrowly avoided in the Maha Kumbh Mela area in Prayagraj on Sunday. The fire broke out in Sector 19 due to a cylinder explosion around 4 pm. There is no news of any casualty in this. As soon as information about the fire was received, several fire brigade vehicles reached the spot and the fire was brought under control after some time.

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found in search ndtv news It is said that a major accident was averted during Mahakumbh in Prayagraj. A fire broke out due to the explosion of a gas cylinder in a tent and engulfed many huts. It is fortunate that no one was injured in this accident. As part of the security arrangements in the Maha Kumbh Mela, the fire engines already present immediately started extinguishing the fire and after some time the situation became normal.

We were informed about the arrangements already made in the fair area to extinguish the fire and how it was brought under control within a short time. Dainik Bhaskar, Hindustan Times And Financial Express Also found in the news.

Now it was time to investigate the picture which has been shared in this post. For investigation, we searched the picture with the help of Google Lens and we found the video of news agency IANS, from whose screen shot this picture has been taken. In this 1 minute 12 second video, some people are seen bringing water from buckets to help extinguish the fire.

At the same time, at the 16th second, fire brigade personnel are seen extinguishing the fire. As the video progresses, fire brigade vehicles and SDRF personnel are also seen engaged in relief work. In such a situation, to claim that there were no basic arrangements to extinguish the fire in the Maha Kumbh Mela and the fire was extinguished by taking water from buckets is a lie. The people present on the spot were helping in extinguishing the fire. Watch that video-

conclusion

A screenshot of a video is being shared on social media claiming that there are no basic arrangements to extinguish fire in the Maha Kumbh Mela. The post said that a huge budget was kept for the fair, but the fire is being extinguished by filling buckets with water. In the investigation of the alert team, this claim was found to be false.