Jaipur, 8 October (Patrika English News ). The Jaipur-Ajmer highway of Maujmabad police station area of Jaipur Rural District was hit on Tuesday night when the trailer hit a truck filled with LPG gas cylinder. After this, a truck full of gas cylinders overturned and then one cylinder broke out due to fire in the truck. It is being told that after the cylinder blast, cylinders are falling in the fields far and wide. The sound of this blast was heard several kilometers away. In this accident, there is a possibility of vehicles running nearby. On receiving the information, the police reached the spot and stopped traffic on both sides. At the same time, fire engines reached the spot are busy extinguishing the fire.
Dudu ASP Shivlal Bairwa said that the accident took place near Savarda Pulia in Maujmabad area of Jaipur-Ajmer highway. At the same time, firefighters have reached the spot along with the police. Rescue and relief work is being done. The police have diverted vehicles coming and going on the precautionary highway so that a major accident can be prevented.
According to preliminary information, other vehicles have also been hit by vehicles in this accident. At present, there is no official confirmation of any casualties. But police and relief teams are engaged in rescue operation on the spot. Fire personnel have to struggle hard to control the fire because a large number of gas cylinders were loaded in the truck. Due to the accident, long queues of vehicles started on both sides on the highway. The police has appealed to the passengers to adopt an alternative route and to avoid unnecessary travel on this route.
Seven vehicles also came in the grip
Seven vehicles have been burnt on the highway in the fire. Apart from this, many people passing through the highway through the blast in the cylinder were injured.
Cylinder pieces spread far and wide
After the incident, panic spread in the surrounding areas. The entire area was echoing with the cylinder blasts. After the gas cylinder burst one by one, the pieces of cylinder spread far and wide. The threat was so tremendous that it was hearing its voice for ten kilometers. Right now no information has been received from the police in this case. At the same time, how many people have died in this incident. Information about this has not been revealed. But there is chaos in the area. At the same time, the team of fire brigade has also reached the spot. District Collector Dr. Jitendra Kumar Soni has reached the spot.
Driver-khalasi feared burning alive
After the accident, the driver-khatsi of the truck burning is missing. Both are not yet known. They are being searched. At the same time, the driver and the surrounding people passing on the highway immediately stopped the vehicles and started running towards safe places. There was a thick smoke in the scene, which also affected traffic on the highway.
Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma gave collector, Superintendent of Police instructions to be vigilant
Here, on the incident of Dudu Savarda cylinder bursting, Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma has expressed grief and instructed the District Collector, Superintendent of Police to be vigilant. Apart from this, Deputy CM Premchand Bairwa has reached the spot. However, he has informed that only truck drivers have died. But there is no loss of any other life and property. The injured are being brought to SMS Hospital in the accident.
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