Captured by : Truck carrying hay caught fire
CANACONA
A truck caught fire, after the hay it was transporting came in contact with live electrical alignment at Gaondongrim on Sunday morning.
According to fire services, the fire caused by short circuit immediately caught the dry hay mounted on the tipper truck (GA-09-U-8055).
Fire services received a call at about 10.10 am and rushed to the site and ended the operation by 11.50 am, saving over Rs 5 lakh. The loss is pegged at Rs 8,000, with the entire hay burning to ashes and truck suffering damages to its wooden parts.
The fire service personnel extinguished the fire before it could catch up with other parts of the truck, which belongs to Uday Dessai, informed Canacona fire services.
Fire sources said the cause of fire was short circuit after the dry hay came in contact with live overhead electrical alignment.
