Fire rips through tents housing pilgrims for Hindu festival

The fire engulfed a tented camp near the confluence of the Ganges, the Yamuna, and the Saraswati rivers in Prayagraj, India (Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP)

A fire has torn through at least 18 temporary tents at a massive Hindu festival thronged by millions of people in India.

No-one is believed to have been injured in the blaze in the northern city of Prayagraj.