BELAGAVI
A truck carrying coke powder from Vasco to Koppal-Karnataka was destroyed in a fire near the Anmod RTO check post.
The incident occurred near the Karnataka-Goa border when the driver and the cleaner of the truck alighted the truck to produce documents to officials.
The truck reportedly caught fire due to a short circuit and as the driver had not applied the hand brake, the truck moved for some distance and turned on its side. The vehicle was destroyed in the fire.
As there is no mobile network in the locality, firefighters from Khanapur took almost two hours to reach the site. A case has been registered at Ramnagar police out post and PSI Kiran Patil is investigating the incident.
