What led to the fire is still unknown and an investigation is on.
A man was burnt to death after his car caught fire while driving in Gujarat’s Surat. The driver, 42-year-old Deepak Patel, was trapped inside the vehicle when it caught fire today.
The incident took place on the Udhna Magdalla Road. Fire engines reached the spot but couldn’t rescue the man due to a blast in the car. A view showed the car up in flames and firefighters dousing the flames.
People heard the sound of an explosion in the car and immediately saw smoke coming out of it. The fire was so severe that they couldn’t take Deepak out of the vehicle and he fainted in the car itself.
The victim is a yarn trader and lives in the Abhava Village in Surat.
The fire engines found it difficult to douse the flames and the car was completely burnt.
The police said the preliminary findings suggest that a short circuit or technical fault may have caused the fire. The forensic team is probing various angles to find out how the fire broke out.
– with inputs from Mahendra Prasad
