On the road: Prevent a car blaze, get vehicle serviced at right place

By Pawan Tiwari
CHANDIGARH: With summer here, there have been 12 incidents of cars catching fire in Chandigarh alone since April. Though no one has been injured in the incidents, experts warn owners that a lot of times the cars “selfcombust“ when unauthorized mechanics leave connections in the engine loose.According to them, delayed servicing of cars is another reason behind such fires, as hose pipes, diesel pipes and rubber tubes develop cracks, says Gurpreet Singh, who is a senior manager in a car company.“These things happen when electrical short circuits, engine oil leak and unauthorized service dealers wash the engine and leave loose connections,“ he says.
On Sunday too, a car parked in Sector 21 caught fire and was gutted wihin 20 minutes. Two days earlier, on May 11, a car caught fire near Radha Soami Satsang in Sector 78. Nobody was injured.