According to the police, smoke was first noticed coming out of the vehicle, after which it caught fire. Rahul Sharma Gyanchand, a resident of Hastinapur village in Meerut district, was driving the car. He managed to get out of the vehicle safely before the fire spread further.
According to the fire official, "A fire broke out from a parked electric car this afternoon and spread to a nearby Swift car. Three fire vehicles from Musheerabad, Gandhi Hospital and Robotic arrived at the scene and controlled the blaze."
One man died and another was injured after a car caught fire following an accident near Jhanda Chowk on Urban Extension Road-II (UER-II) in Delhi's Hulambi Khurd area in the early hours of Sunday, according to Delhi Police.
On the Vijayawada National Highway, a moving car suddenly caught fire near Sai Krishna Hotel, under the jurisdiction of Kethepally police station in Suryapet district on Monday.
According to Delhi Fire Services Department officials, the vehicle was moving when it caught fire near Andhra Bhavan at around 9 pm. However, the driver managed to escape on time.
Two men sustained minor burn injuries after a moving car on the Ahmedabad-Udaipur Highway caught fire in Udaipur district on Friday night, officials said.