Massive fire burnt 25 acres of standing wheat crop at Kurana village in the morning on Tuesday; it was burnt to ashes and fire tender vehicles failed to reach the spot on time after being stuck on the way, the fire brigade could not reach on time.
In the fire farmers lost lakhs of rupees. The wheat crop was standing on 25 acres of land belonging to Nepal Singh Mandloi and Bhim Singh Mandloi of Kurana, which was ready to be harvested , but the crop caught fire at 10.30 am on Tuesday morning. In no time, the fire spread to the entire field. During this, strong wind was also blowing. Because of this, the crop was destroyed by burning in a short time. It is said that the fire broke out due to a short circuit from the electric wires coming out of the field. The fire was reported to Gandhinagar fire station, but it could not reach the spot in time.
Firefighter Pankaj Yadav said that as soon as the information was received, the fire engine went towards the spot, but the person who was showing the way to the fire engine took the wrong way. Because of this the fire engine got stuck in the middle of the way.
Due to which we have to travel about 4 kms. After this the fire was extinguished. The investigation has been started in the matter, the victims have not lodged any police complaint as fire was caused due to technical fault.