A crane carries the charred remains of a car at the site of the accident after a massive fire started due to a collision between a gas tanker and multiple vehicles near a petrol pump on the Jaipur-Ajmer Highway, in Jaipur. | Photo Credit: ANI

Death toll climbs to 17 in Jaipur tanker fire incident

Two more victims of Jaipur tanker fire incident succumb to injuries, death toll rises to 17 and 16 are still hospitalised

by · The Hindu

Two more persons who suffered critical burn injuries in the tanker fire incident in Jaipur last Friday (December 20, 2024) succumbed during treatment at SMS hospital in Jaipur, taking the death toll to 17.

Sixteen others are undergoing treatment. SMS hospital superintendent Sushil Bhati said on Wednesday (December 25, 2024) that a man and a woman died in the wee hours.

“With two more deaths, a total of 17 persons have died so far,” he said.

Mr. Bhati said that the condition of three of the injured is still critical.

An LPG tanker collided with a truck on December 20, sparking a massive fireball that turned a stretch of the Jaipur-Ajmer highway into an inferno. Eleven persons had died on the day of the incident.

Published - December 25, 2024 01:04 pm IST