Mangalore: Parked tourist car catches fire, water service swings into action

Pics: Dayanand Kukkaje
Daijiworld Media Network - Mangalore (BG)

Mangalore, Jun 24: A Tata Indigo tourist car (KA 19 B 6550) parked near Kadri Kambala here caught fire all of a sudden on Monday June 24.

Ravindra, the owner-cum-driver of the car, resident of Pavoor had been to the airport on hire. He dropped the clients to their residence in Kadri Kambla Guthu, but as the vehicle couldn’t go all the way to the house, he parked the car by the road side and walked along with them to the house.

On returning, he found that the car had caught fire all of a sudden.

It is suspected that a minor short circuit sparked off the fire. Luckily, no one was in the car at the time of the incident

The fire department was called. Meanwhile, Kadri Guthu water service, which is near to the incident spot, rushed with water tankers and helped to douse the fire.

The quick action saved Ravindra from incurring a major loss.

The fire brigade too came to the spot, but only after the fire was completely doused.

A case has been registered in the Kadri police station.