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300 vehicles gutted in fire near Aero India show venue in Bangalore
Updated On: 24 February, 2019 08:07 AM IST | Bengaluru | Agencies
Huge plumes of thick black smoke could be seen in the sky near the Yelahanka air base in north Bengaluru, where about a 100 aircraft are parked for the biennial Aero India 2019 event
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Indian firefighters gather next to the burned remains of cars. Pic/AFP
A major fire swept through the parking area of the Aero India event at the Yelahanka Air Force station here gutting about 300 cars on Saturday, the penultimate day of Asia's premier air show, official sources said. No casualties were reported in the blaze suspected to have been caused by dry grass fire aided by heavy winds, the sources said, adding the parking area was "far away" from the air force station.
The 12th edition of the five-day air show went on unaffected by the fire incident, which came three days after two jets of Indian Air Force's aerobatic team Surya Kiran crashed, killing a pilot on the opening day of the event. The scheduled morning aerobatic display was over before the fire broke out at around noon while the afternoon programme was unhindered, Defence Public Relations Officer H L Guruprasad said. The events slated for Sunday, the final day, would go ahead as planned, he said.
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