Fire tears through tents at India's mega Hindu festival but causes no injuries A fire tore through at least 18 temporary tents at a massive Hindu festival thronged by millions of people in India’s northern Prayagraj city, officials said Sunday.
To accommodate tens of thousands of holy men, pilgrims and tourists visiting the festival, authorities have built a sprawling tent city on the riverbanks.
Images from the sprawling tent city at the confluence of the Ganges and the Yamuna rivers showed smoke billowing out as dozens of firefighters doused the blaze.
At least 77 millions people are attending and authorities expected more than 400 million in total over the next six weeks.
The Maha Kumbh festival, held every 12 years, started last Monday.
