Truck catches fire
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, January 05 2014:
A truck mysteriously caught fire which reduced it to cinders at Bashikhong Kajipat paddy fields, Imphal East district under Irilbung police station at around 4.30 pm today.
The truck (MN-01/3013) was transporting hay from the paddy fields but one of its wheel got stuck in a swampy spot before it could reach the nearby road at around 1.30 pm.
The driver tried again and again to pull out the truck but without success.
As he made one more attempt by pressing the accelerator to the maximum, the truck suddenly caught fire at around 4.30 pm.
By the time, fire tenders reached the spot, 90 per cent of the truck was already burnt even though they succeeded in dousing the fire ultimately.
The truck belongs to Thingujam Abungcha (34) of Kyamgei Khoirom Leikai and it was driven by one Soibam Rocky of the same locality.