The AC of a moving Thar suddenly caught fire on Ludhiana-Firozpur road. Seeing smoke coming out of the Thar, the driver stopped the car on the roadside and took the children out safely. Seeing the flames in Thar, the employees of KFC restaurant quickly controlled the fire.
The car driver has been identified as Tajinder Singh, resident of Haibowal.Tajindra's two children were traveling in the car along with him. Then smoke was seen coming out from the dash board. According to Tejinder Singh, soon a fire started coming out from there and he saved himself by taking the children out of the car.
The driver was going to drop the children to school for swimming
Car driver Tajindra told that he was going to drop the children at the swimming pool of Shri Ram Global School, Sarabha Nagar. People present at the incident site said that the owner of the car raised an alarm immediately after smoke came out of the car.
Thar open air bag
People present at the incident site said that the driver raised an alarm after smoke started coming out from the Thar. By the time some people had gathered, there was sparking from the stars. The safety air bag had opened from the conductor seat. Traffic police reached the spot, cleared the traffic jam on the road and took the vehicle to the service station.