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Mangaluru: Major tragedy averted as car catches fire in petrol bunk

  •   Thu, Oct 08 2015 05:37:03 PM

Pics: Ramesh Pandith
Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru (DV)

Mangaluru, Oct 8: In what could have been a major tragedy, an Omni car caught fire at a petrol bunk at Capitanio here on Thursday October 8.

The Omni car had come to the petrol bunk to fill LPG. Soon after filling, the driver turned on the ignition and the car caught fire all of a sudden.

The driver immediately got out and fled away. The alert staff pushed the vehicle out of the petrol bunk and started dousing the fire using extinguishers.

At the time of the incident, a gas tanker was also in the premises for unloading fuel. Luckily, the fire did not spread to any other vehicle or the petrol kiosks.

Fire personnel rushed to the spot and managed to douse the flames.

The identity of the car owner is not yet known, but sources said that the car was of Puttur registration.
  

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  • K. Gurudev Pai, Mangalore.

    Fri, Oct 09 2015

    By observing the Photographs, as someone above said to reward the Fuel station staff. YES they are the ones who I feel efficiently doused the fire in this case, as one can see in the photos the fire personnel have arrived much later. But what needs to be appreciated is, we can also see that the fire dept is equipped with a two wheeler brigade also, which can reach faster to the accident site. Think petroleum cos., should give the rewards to these pump staff who put their lives at stake to do this job.

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  • Joe Gonsalves, Mangalore

    Fri, Oct 09 2015

    The only comment which I wish to make is the total irresponsibility of the driver for leaving the car and fleeing away.

    Kudos to ll those who joined hands and douse the fire.

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  • Aubb, Kuwait

    Thu, Oct 08 2015


    Big disaster averted in a crowded and residential area by the petrol bunk staff.

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  • ASHOK, MANGALORE

    Thu, Oct 08 2015

    waaaaaaaaa, bach gaya re,kyon ki pump waala achhaa trained hai baajoo mein deko kithna bada bomb kada hai selute dena padega petrole pump staff ko jai ho.

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  • j.anata, Mangaluru / Bengaluru

    Thu, Oct 08 2015

    Great effort from the petrol pump staff!

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  • Anand Devadiga, Venur/Dubai

    Thu, Oct 08 2015

    Well trained petrol bunk staff and good team work saved a big disaster. Management should award them suitably.

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  • Jossey Saldanha, Mumbai

    Thu, Oct 08 2015

    Smart People ...

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  • HENRY MISQUITH, Bahrain

    Thu, Oct 08 2015

    Kudos to the petrol bunk staff whose presence of minds avoided a big disaster. They should be rewarded suitably.

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  • Ahmed, DOH / IXE

    Thu, Oct 08 2015

    Kudos to the alert staff. Very well done. Hope the management awards them with cash money. If not for them, petrol station would be burnt today.

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  • CONRAD JOHN TAURO, SHIRVA/UDUPI/DUBAI

    Thu, Oct 08 2015

    Alert staff
    Averted major tragedy.
    Award them.

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  • Francis, Dubai

    Thu, Oct 08 2015

    Marne wale se bachane wala bada hota hai..

    God is GREAT.

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