Nagpur: As the mercury soars up, incidents of fire seem to be increasing in the city. After a Petrol Pump in Wadi caught fire earlier in noon its was a car parked on Wardha Road suddenly caught fire automatically around 8 pm and within minutes turned into a mangled heap.
The Tata Indica car bearing RTO registration number MH-31/ DF-4471 is said to belong to Avinash Chatrapal Thakre aged 51 years and a resident of Plot No 13, Karve Nagar, Sonegaon.
Prima facie, the car had caught fire automatically due to a short circuit in the wiring when the car was stationary at Sneh Nagar falling within the Rana Pratap Nagar Police Station.
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Police officials of Rana Pratap Nagar Police Station have registered a case of accident after the fire was doused.