BENGALURU: Captain Shivam Singh from the Tornadoes team of the Army Supply Corps attempted to ride through a 130-metre fire tunnel at ASC Grounds on Tuesday, in a bid to break the record for the longest such ride.
However, he could only make it up to 127 metres before he caught fire. Although he couldn’t ride across the last 3 metres, ASC maintains Captain Singh now holds the world record for the longest ride through a tunnel of fire, considering that the previous record created by two men from African nations was for 120.4 metres in 2014.
While Captain Singh suffered minor burns on his arms, the bike he was riding was completely gutted in the mishap. He was taken to a nearby hospital after the fire was put out with a water hose and fire extinguisher.
In addition to Capt Singh’s feat, new records attempted and achieved by the Tornadoes included the fastest human pyramid on five motorcycles, highest moving pyramid with 39 men on seven motorcycles with a height of 209 inches, longest backward motorcycle ride of 204.4 km and longest leg ride of 305.4km (wherein the handle of the bikes are controlled by feet).
The Tornadoes team was set up in 1982 with its debut performance at the Delhi Asian Games. It has since performed more than a thousand shows both in India and foreign countries.