The taxi damaged in fire. Captured by : The Goan
MAPUSA
A tourist taxi parked outside a building at Canca Bandh near Mapusa was gutted in fire in the wee hours of Friday.
The incident is reported to have occurred at about 4 am and the fire is believed to have started due to a short circuit. The car suddenly caught fire and a loud sound woke up the car owner, Jasmin Shaikh, and neighbours.
The fire station was alerted and a fire brigade led by Mapusa Fire Station Deputy Officer Prakash Kannaik went to the site. But by the time the firefighters extinguished the fire, the car was severely damaged.
Mapusa Police Constable Ulhas Gaonkar later conducted a panchanama of the incident.
