Angry burns near the Cantt police station in Varanasi, half a dozen shops and many bikes burned - Varanasi Fire Market Blaze near Cantonment Several stores struggled
Updated: Mon, 06 Oct 2025 01:21 PM (IST) A serious fire broke out from a short circuit in Sadar Bazar near the Cantt police station in Varanasi. About half a dozen stores and several motorcycles were burned in the fire. The police and the fire department acted and control the fire. The fire spread quickly due to a lack of fire prevention equipment in stores. Jagran correspondent, Varanasi. On Monday morning, people became panicked due to the echo of strong explosions on the site of the military campus in the Canton area. However, a major accident was averted because of the readiness of the police and the fire team. Due to a lack of fire prevention plants at stores, there was a lot of damage at the same time. Remove the ad, just read the news, a fierce fire broke out on Monday morning in the Sadar Bazar meat market near Cantt’s police station due to a short circuit. The flames spread quickly, causing about a dozen shops and multiple motorcycles to be honed. Once the incident was reported, Munshi Vinay Yadav, who was placed at the Cantt police station, informed the fire department and inspector Shivakant Mishra. The policy team led by Inspector Shivakant Mishra advised people to go to a safe place in light of the explosions on the scene. In a short time, three vehicles from the fire department reached the place, and the relief and rescue work were started. The shopkeepers hit by the fire include Pawan Agarhari, Rasid Ahmed (two stores), Irshad Qureshi, Ramakant Upadhyay and Avinash. In the preliminary investigation, police emphasized the negligence of the shop owners, as there were no security MCVs in fire prevention equipment and electricity councils in all stores. In addition, half of a dozen commercially used gas cylinders held in stores exploded with a dozen explosions, which made the fire even more terrible. Many new and old motorcycles were also burned in the bicycle mechanic Tehbbar store behind this market. Differences, refrigerators, etc. In the stores allocated by the Canteon Council Council also caught fire. Meanwhile, the outpost of Phoolwaria in -Charge Amit Singh was absent on the scene, while Cantt’s inspector with his team was removing the crowd through the loud Heller. The intensity of the explosions was so high that pieces of cylinders fly far and wide. Fire Department staff managed to control the fire after hours of hard work. It is said that the gas cylinder explosions held in the stores made the fire even more awful. However, the major accident was averted due to the speed of Inspector Cantt and his team and no casualties were reported. At the moment, police are investigating the cause of the fire.