Hyderabad, March 27
A DCM carrying a load of chairs caught fire near Rajendranagar Circle in Gagan Pahad, Hyderabad. The incident occurred on the Bengaluru National Highway, causing a brief traffic jam. The driver had a narrow escape as he noticed the fire in the cabin and tried to extinguish it with water, but the fire spread quickly, engulfing the DCM and the chairs in it.
The DCM had loaded the chairs from a plastic chair company in Industrial Way, Hayat Nagar, a suburb of Hyderabad, and was en route to Chennai when the fire broke out. Upon receiving information from the locals, the fire brigade rushed to the spot and brought the fire under control.
The incident caused a traffic snarl on the busy highway, and the airport traffic police were called to clear the traffic. The cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained.
