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2019-11-05 Puducherry: Driver charred to death as taxi catches fire

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India Nov 06 2019 “Automobile & Railway”

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Puducherry: Driver charred to death as taxi catches fire  

Updated: 20191106 

 

 PUDUCHERRY: A 32-year-old man was charred to death when his car caught fire after the air-conditioning unit exploded in the Union territory on Tuesday morning. The deceased was identified as Muthukumar of Olanthai Keerapalam. 

 

Police said Muthukumar, who owns a taxi, used to park the vehicle near his house. He got a call for a trip in the morning. He got into his vehicle and when he turned the ignition key, the air-conditioning unit exploded. The car caught fire in the explosion and the fire spread rapidly feeding on the interiors of the car. 

 

Passers-by, on hearing the explosion, attempted to pull Muthukumar out of the vehicle by breaking the windscreen. By the time they reached him, he was charred to death. They alerted the Mudaliarpet police, who registered a case and began an investigation. A police team retrieved the body and sent it for postmortem examination to the Indira Gandhi Government General Hospital and Research Institute.  

 

Initial inquiries revealed that a leak in the AC unit led to the explosion, which cause the fire. 

Web Source

The Nation:https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/puducherry/driver-charred-to-death-as-taxi-catches-fire/articleshow/71930214.cms

 

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