Overview
- An LPG tanker lost control, hit a divider and plunged into the Kokhraj-Handia toll booth on the Prayagraj Bypass, igniting a gas-fed fire on Friday morning, June 26, 2026.
- Fire tenders and police rushed to the scene, brought the blaze under control and continued to monitor the site after flames that were visible from nearly two kilometres away were extinguished.
- Seven people were injured, including six toll plaza employees and the tanker driver, with several transferred to SRN Hospital in Prayagraj and others treated locally.
- Police say the tanker driver fled the scene and officials have notified the district supply inspector while a technical team will investigate the sequence of impact, the tanker breach and ignition.
- The incident spotlights risks to roadside staff at toll plazas and could prompt tighter oversight of hazardous-freight movement and safety checks on controlled-access highways.