A massive fire broke out on the Jaipur–Ajmer highway late Tuesday night after a truck carrying LPG cylinders collided with a tanker, police said.
The impact of the collision triggered a series of explosions as gas cylinders began bursting, sending some flying several metres from the site. Flames and blasts were visible and audible from several kilometres away, eyewitnesses reported.
#WATCH | A massive fire broke out near the Sawarda culvert in the Mauzamabad area on the Jaipur-Ajmer highway, after a vehicle allegedly hit a truck loaded with gas cylinders. pic.twitter.com/eHLiCfujbu
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IG Jaipur Rahul Prakash confirmed that two to three people, including the tanker driver, were injured in the incident.
Chief Medical and Health Officer (CMHO) Jaipur-I, Dr Ravi Shekhawat, stated that the driver of the vehicle responsible for the collision received primary treatment at a nearby hospital.
“As per initial information, one man was treated in Dudu hospital,” Shekhawat said, adding that arrangements had been made at SMS Hospital in Jaipur. However, no injured persons had been brought there yet.
Deputy Chief Minister Prem Chand Bairwa, who visited the site on Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma’s directions, told reporters that the situation was under control. “There is no information on any casualties yet,” he said. Bairwa also noted that the drivers and cleaners of the vehicles involved were currently unaccounted for, and efforts were underway to locate them.
Firefighters and police personnel rushed to the scene near Dudu, and traffic movement on the busy highway was temporarily suspended. Senior police officers and district officials were also present to oversee the rescue and containment efforts.
According to eyewitness Vinod, the LPG truck had been parked outside a roadside hotel when the tanker rammed into it. “The truck driver had gone for a meal when the tanker hit the vehicle from behind. The tanker driver was taken to a nearby hospital with injuries,” he said.
The incident comes less than a year after a similar tragedy on the same stretch of highway near Bhankrota, when an LPG tanker collided with a truck in December, triggering a massive inferno that claimed 19 lives.
