20141218 India Truck catches fire on expressway near Lonavala exit
India Dec 18 2014 “Automobile & Railway”
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Truck catches fire on expressway near Lonavala exit
Updated: 2014-12-18-11:53
A truck loaded with cotton thread bundles plying on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway caught fire at around 7am due to short circuit. The incident occurred near the Lonavala exit on the Pune carriageway some 47 kms on the expressway. The blaze completely charred the truck while the driver managed to escape unhurt.
The Lonavala fire brigade extinguished the fire. The traffic got disrupted for more than two hours as the vehicles heading towards Pune were allowed to ply only on the two lanes of the Pune carriageway while one lane of the Mumbai direction carriageway was kept open for the vehicles to ply in opposite direction.
The expressway control room staff informed that the traffic movement heading towards Pune moved at a snail pace and that it would be restored to normalcy by around 11 am
Websource:The times of India
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