Amarnath Yatra bus fireplace: Tragedy averted as alert CRPF males evacuate pilgrims | India Information
2 min learnJammuJul 16, 2026 09:10 PM IST
A bus carrying 47 Amarnath pilgrims caught fireplace on the Jammu-Srinagar nationwide freeway close to Karol in Ramban district of Jammu and Kashmir. Not one of the passengers had been injured as they had been swiftly evacuated, officers stated.
The pilgrims from Rajasthan had been on their means dwelling after darshan on the Amarnath shrine within the South Kashmir Himalayas, officers stated, including the incident passed off at round 4.15 pm.
The police management room at Ramban stated all of the passengers had been evacuated safely.
Nonetheless, a member of the hearth brigade was injured after falling in the course of the firefighting operation and sustained a fracture within the leg. He was taken to the Authorities Medical School Hospital in Jammu.
Eyewitnesses stated a significant tragedy was averted after the CRPF personnel deployed at Karol observed the hearth and instantly began evacuating passengers. Groups of J&Ok Police, Military, SDRF, Fireplace and Emergency Companies, and native volunteers additionally joined and launched a rescue and firefighting operation.
Ramban Deputy Commissioner Mohammad Alyas Khan and SSP Arun Gupta rushed to the spot and moved the evacuated passengers to the Amarnath Yatra camp in Ramban. Later, they had been despatched again to Rajasthan in buses organized by the administration, which additionally offered them with primary facilities for his or her journey.
“As they needed to go dwelling, we organized buses for them as much as Rajasthan,” stated the Ramban DC.
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The bags and different belongings of the passengers had been, nevertheless, decreased to ashes.
