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Over 40 LPG cylinders exploded 1 aft different connected the engaged Jaipur-Ajmer road connected Tuesday (October 7, 2025) nighttime aft a chemical-laden tanker rammed into a parked motortruck carrying them, triggering panic successful the area.
Officials said connected Wednesday (October 8) that the tanker operator was burnt live successful the incidental and 1 antheral was injured.
People stitchery aft a motortruck carrying LPG cylinders caught occurrence pursuing a collision with a tanker connected the Jaipur-Ajmer highway, aboriginal Wednesday, Oct 8, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI
The explosions and flames were disposable and audible from respective kilometers distant and scrap of the exploded cylinders were recovered metres away.
Jaipur Collector Dr Jitendra Soni said that a squad from Hindustan Petroleum removed each the cylinders portion pursuing information protocol and mechanism.
"Scrap of 42 cylinders was recovered astir the area. They were each exploded cylinders. A full of 120 cylinders were safe. All of them were removed by the squad of Hindustan Petroleum that followed each information measures and protocols to sanitise the area," helium told PTI.
The motortruck transporting the cylinders was parked extracurricular a roadside edifice and its operator had stepped retired for a repast erstwhile the tanker deed the truck. The compartment of the tanker caught occurrence and the cylinders spilled retired of the truck.
Moments later, the cylinders started exploding and the scrap of immoderate exploded cylinders were recovered respective metres away.
The incidental triggered panic successful the country and policemen from respective constabulary stations were rushed to the spot. The postulation connected the road was instantly stopped and the occurrence was controlled.
Deputy CM Prem Chand Bairwa was astatine the spot to instrumentality banal of the situation.
"The tanker operator was burnt live successful the incident. Another antheral is injured," Deepak Khandelwal, Deputy Superintendent of Police, Dudu, said.
He said the postulation was aboriginal resumed connected the highway.
Eyewitnesses claimed that a Regional Transport Office squad was stopping vehicles for checking connected the road and to debar them, the tanker operator changed his lane abruptly and mislaid control, starring to the collision.
The territory collector said the crushed for the collision was being investigated.
In December past year, an LPG tanker collided with a motortruck adjacent Bhankrota successful Jaipur connected the aforesaid highway, sparking a monolithic fireball that turned a agelong of the road into an inferno, sidesplitting 19 people.
