LPG cylinder laden truck catches fire in Sundergharh

LPG cylinder laden truck catches fire in Sundergharh

LPG cylinder laden truck catches fire in Sundergharh

Sundergarh: On Saturday, the conductor and assistant driver of a car carrying LPG cylinders had a little escape when a fire took off in the district.

The driver noted smoke emerging from the engine near Rasrajpur hamlet in the area, according to reports while the car was travelling from Jharsuguda to Rourkela through the Sambalpur-Rourkela expressway.

On the side of the road, the driver stopped the truck and he emerged from it with the aid. The driver alerted the Fire Brigade when the engine took fire.

The staff of Fire went to the place and dug fire. Luckily, except from the engine, when the fire department quenched it, the fire did not spread on the truck body.