100 die as blaze rips through Indian electronics fair

[WhiteTara]

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,25689-2127820,00.html
At least 100 people were reported to have been killed when flames tore through giant marquees hosting an electronics fair in northern India today.

Scores more suffered serious burns after becoming trapped inside the smoke-filled tents which were hosting the Brand India exhibition Meerut, 50 miles north of Delhi.

The blaze broke out at 5.30pm (1200 GMT) when there were an estimated 2,000 shoppers attending the last day of the event. By the time it had been brought under control all that remained of the three giant tents were their blackened steel frames.

Witnesses described a scene of horror with rescuers pulling charred corpses from among the stalls. "Dead bodies are strewn around, most of them are charred beyond recognition," said Prakash Arya, a witness on his mobile phone at the scene.

Plumes of black smoke billowed into the air as rescue workers ferried casualties to Meerut district hospital. The bodies of men, women and children were loaded into trucks to be driven to the mortuary.
The picture is truly horrifyling

[acmejack]

1. That must have been grim indeed

Looking at the the skeleton of that tent, it is all too easy to imagine the hell it must have been in there.