Daijiworld Media Network - Udupi (SP)
Udupi, Sep 9: A Maruti-800 car, that was moving towards Mangaluru, suddenly caught fire when moving near Jodukatte here on Saturday September 8. As the woman who was driving the car and another occupant of the car noticed flames leaping out of the bonnet, stopped the vehicle immediately on the road and walked away to safety, no one was injured.
It is gathered that a few people, who were going by this spot at the time, showed interest in capturing the proceedings on their cellphones. None of them contacted fire station.
A youth who realized this, walked to the office of the fire brigade office, which located about half a km from the spot, and alerted them. However by then the car had been charred completely.
The town police arrived on the spot and took up investigation about the ownership of the car, reason for burning etc.