BENGALURU: A bullet tanker turned into a ball of fire after the car toppled whilst negotiating a curve at the state highway in Chikkamagaluru district in Karnataka on Tuesday afternoon.
Police stated the accident came about near Giriyapura, a small the city at the state highway between Kadur and Chikkamagalur round 2.30pm. Five homes that flanked the high warmth have been destroyed after fire unfold. One individual were given killed within the explosion.
Preliminary investigations reveal that the driving force and his assistant sustained critical burn injuries. Locals told police that they heard a big blast and then saw the car in flames.
“It gave the impression of the 10 wheeler and the area was covered in thick smoke. The car has toppled at the road after the driving force lost keep watch over over it,” Somashekar, a resident of fGiriyapura, who is an eyewitness to the accident, stated.
Fire tenders had been rushed to the spot and the residents had been evacuated.
Police stated the accident came about near Giriyapura, a small the city at the state highway between Kadur and Chikkamagalur round 2.30pm. Five homes that flanked the high warmth have been destroyed after fire unfold. One individual were given killed within the explosion.
Preliminary investigations reveal that the driving force and his assistant sustained critical burn injuries. Locals told police that they heard a big blast and then saw the car in flames.
“It gave the impression of the 10 wheeler and the area was covered in thick smoke. The car has toppled at the road after the driving force lost keep watch over over it,” Somashekar, a resident of fGiriyapura, who is an eyewitness to the accident, stated.
Fire tenders had been rushed to the spot and the residents had been evacuated.
K'taka: Bullet tanker explodes on state highway
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