Palwal: A blast in the PNG gas pipeline on the Old GT Road triggered a huge fire in Palwal, Haryana, on Tuesday. Three shops and a JCB machine caught fire, while a person running a tea stall nearby was burnt to death. The incident happened when a pit was being dug for a water line with a JCB machine.
The fire was so fierce that it engulfed three shops. According to the police, a big pit was being dug with the help of a JCB machine to repair the drinking water line on Old GT Road. Due to digging too deep, the digging part of the JCB machine hit the PNG gas pipeline, which caused a spark and a huge fire broke out in the PNG gas line.
Cylinder blast: The fire first engulfed the tea shop running nearby. The gas cylinder kept inside the shop blasted and within no time three shops and the JCB machine caught fire. The driver of the JCB machine and the people working nearby somehow ran away from the spot and saved their lives. Many people also got injured in the rush. But Hariprakash Singla, who ran the tea shop, could not save himself from the fire and he died of burns. As soon as the information was received, fire brigade vehicles reached the spot and the fire was brought under control in a few hours.