A woman riding a scooter near Zirakpur near Chandigarh on Saturday had a scare when her scooter suddenly stopped in front of the local police station. As she tried to restart the scooter, bystanders noticed smoke coming out of the scooter and the scooter’s trunk caught fire.
The scooter caught fire, creating panic in the area and shopkeepers doused the fire by pouring water. According to eyewitnesses, the woman was trying to start her scooter, which suddenly stopped. As she tried to restart the scooter, bystanders noticed smoke coming out of the scooter.
Woman escapes narrowly
On careful inspection, they found that the dump had caught fire. Nearby shopkeepers immediately swung into action and used water and fire extinguishers to douse the fire. Thankfully, the woman escaped safely. This incident created a lot of commotion in the area and a large number of people gathered to see what had happened. On investigation, it was found that the fire was caused due to a technical fault in the scooter. The scooter was badly damaged due to the fire, but thankfully, there were no casualties in this incident.