NEW DELHI: A serious hearth broke out on the Jaipur-Ajmer freeway late Tuesday night time after a truck carrying LPG cylinders collided with one other automobile close to the Dudu space, officers stated. The affect of the crash triggered a number of explosions as fuel cylinders started to burst, sending flames and shockwaves throughout the stretch. The blaze and loud explosions have been seen and audible from a number of kilometres away, in response to information company PTI.Police personnel and hearth brigades rushed to the scene, halting site visitors on each side of the busy freeway.Rescue and firefighting operations continued late into the night time as groups labored to deliver the state of affairs beneath management.Rajasthan chief minister Bhajanlal Sharma directed deputy chief minister Dr Prem Chand Bairwa and MLA Kailash Verma to go to the location and assess the state of affairs. Jaipur district collector and different senior officers additionally headed to the situation, PTI reported.Dr Bairwa, in a put up on X, confirmed that aid and rescue efforts have been underway close to Sawarda culvert within the Mojmabad space. “Police, administration, and hearth division groups are engaged in aid and rescue operations, and efforts to regulate the hearth are ongoing,” he wrote.Chatting with information company ANI en path to the accident web site, Dr Bairwa stated that preliminary studies instructed the truck carrying fuel cylinders was struck from behind by one other automobile. “That is what brought about the accident. The hearth has been introduced beneath management. In line with the administration’s report, there have been no casualties. Ambulance is on the spot,” he stated.Senior police and district administrations are additionally current on the spot.Contemplating the state of affairs, the SMS hospital administration was alerted, and preparations have been made to cope with any emergency state of affairs.In December final 12 months, the same tragedy occurred on the identical Jaipur-Ajmer freeway when an LPG tanker collided with a truck close to Bhankrota, sparking an enormous hearth that killed 19 individuals and turned a stretch of the street into an inferno.
