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Madhya Pradesh: Narrow escape for Rahul Gandhi as balloons catch fire in roadshow (Video)

Oct 8, 2018, 9:29 AM IST

Jabalpur: Congress president Rahul Gandhi had a narrow escape on Saturday when a fire broke out during a roadshow. The incident happened at Jabalpur in Madhya Pradesh. A viral video of the rally showed a sudden blaze erupting from a multi-tiered 'dia' (lamp) that some Congress supporters were holding. The workers wanted to conduct 'aarti' for Rahul when the lamp touched a bunch of balloons and a massive fire bounced out.