One person has been reported dead and two others injured in a fire that broke out at the Maha Kumbh Mela today.

The fire mishap took place on a day when lakhs of devotees have gathered for the 'Shahi Snan' on the occasion of Basant Panchami.SSP (Kumbh) R K S Rathore said,an unidentified person was killed in the fire that broke out in Sector 4 of the Kumbh Mela area early this morning.He said prima facie the fire was caused by a short circuit and the person, who got killed, probably was fast asleep and could not run out of his tent before getting engulfed in flames.

In another incident that took place some 5 kms away, 10 tents were gutted in a fire late last night when pilgrims were having their dinner inside a camp of a religious organization.However, nobody was injured in the incident.

The Maha Kumbh congregation, which commenced on January 14th, has so far witnessed a number of fire-related incidents, most notable of these being the one on January 25th which had left 19 people seriously injured out of whom as many at least five have succumbed to their injuries so far.

Meanwhile, the Shahi Snan on the occasion of Basant Panchami is going on peacefully and quietly as Akharas had taken a decision to take out their processions without the usual fanfare in view of the February 10 stampede at the Allahabad Junction Railway Station which had claimed 36 lives.