By Admin 
Sunny Deol, Ahan Shetty and Varun Dhawan’s film Border 2 has created a stir at the box office these days. After watching this film, memories related to Border, released in 1997, have also become fresh. There is a story related to this film in which 59 people lost their lives.
Even today people’s souls tremble after hearing about the Uphaar fire incident that day. Let us tell you that a series named Trial by Fire was made on this incident in 2023. This series was also liked a lot. This fire incident is not related to any other place but to Uphaar Cinema located in Green Park, Delhi.
59 people were killed
Ever since the poster of Border film was released, there was a different craze among the audience about it. In such a situation, when the film was released in theatres, there was hardly any show which was not housefull. The songs of this film were resonating across the country. Amidst the success of the film, 59 people lost their lives.
The most surprising thing was that among those who died, 23 were children, out of which one was 1 month old. Actually, when the audience was watching Border in the theatre, the transformer short circuited and caught fire. The fire spread from below to the curtain and then to the people inside the theatre.
There was smoke all around and people started stampeding to save their lives. It was said in the report that the people who died there did not die by burning in the fire, rather they died due to suffocation due to smoke. During this period many people’s houses were destroyed. There was a lot of commotion. However, even after this scandal, people liked Border very much.