Oil tanker caught fire on Delhi-Dehradun greenfield highway, people left their homes in fear - Saharanpur news Oil tanker caught fire on delhidehradun greenfield highway

Oil tanker caught fire on Delhi-Dehradun Green Field highway, people left their homes in fear By Praveen Kumar Edited by: Praveen Vashishtha Updated: Wed, Oct 22, 2025 09:22 PM (IST) Saharanpur News: Ganeshpur on Saharanpur’s Delhi-Dehradun Green Field highway. An oil tanker caught fire due to a short circuit. After the driver came out of caution, the police and fire brigade reached the spot and brought the fire under control. During this time, people in the area came out of their houses in panic. Fire broke out in a tanker filled with oil on the Delhi-Dehradun highway. Jagran Samvad Sutra, Jagran, Biharigarh (Saharanpur). A sudden short circuit caught fire in the cabin of an oil tanker which was traveling over the underpass at Ganeshpur on the Delhi-Dehradun Green Field highway. Seeing smoke rising from the cabin, the driver stopped the car and got out. As soon as information about the incident was received, the police reached the spot and called a fire brigade from Fatehpur police station. The fire was brought under control after about one and a half hours of hard work. But until then, the people around the incident site were still holding their breath. At this time, people ran from nearby houses in fear. The villagers came back to life only after the fire was completely extinguished. The accident happened on Wednesday around 15:30. The driver of the vehicle, Sitaram, son of Satveer, resident of Bahabalpur, District Hisar, Haryana was on his way from Bhatinda Depot Punjab to Dehradun with jet fuel (Hindustan Petroleum). As soon as he boarded the underpass located in Ganeshpur, a sudden fire broke out in the cabin of the vehicle due to short circuit. The driver said that as soon as he saw smoke coming from the cabin, he immediately got out of the car. As soon as the information about the incident was received, the police station officer along with his force reached the place. With immediate effect, a small fire fighting vehicle was called from the Fatehpur police station. After some time, another vehicle was also called from Saharanpur. Until then, the fire remained confined to the cabin of the vehicle. Remove advertisement Just read the news The fire was brought under control after one and a half hours of hard work. The fire brigade personnel from both the vehicles were able to control the raging fire that broke out after one and a half hours of hard work. A major accident was averted by the police who immediately took notice of the incident. Akshay Sharma, head of the police station, said that for security reasons, vehicles were stopped on both sides of the highway. Vehicular movement was only started after the fire was brought under control. Where the accident took place on the underpass of Delhi Dehradun Green Field Highway, there is population of Ganeshpur village on both sides of the highway. People in the area saw the fire in the tanker and left their houses and came out. Everyone present at the place held their breath. It was only after the fire was brought under control that the villagers could regain their lives.