Moving truck catches fire in Hyderabad’s Rajendranagar

A short circuit in the driver’s cabin is suspected to have led to the fire

Hyderabad: A moving truck carrying waste paper load caught fire at Shivrampalli in Rajendranagar on Tuesday. No casualties were reported.

The truck was proceeding from Aramghar towards Rajendranagar cross-road when it suddenly caught fire on reaching metro pillar no.294.

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According to the police, the alert driver and cleaner who noticed the fire immediately stopped the vehicle and got down to save themselves. A short circuit in the driver’s cabin is suspected to have led to the fire.

On receiving information, the Rajendranagar police along with the fire department officials rushed to the spot and doused the fire within an hour.

The incident led to traffic congestion on the busy route which was cleared by the traffic police.