Truck catches fire on Mumbai-Ahmedabad highway; no casualty, traffic hit

PALGHAR: A truck was charred in fire on Mumbai-Ahmedabad highway in Maharashtra's Palghar district on Tuesday morning.
No person was injured in the incident. However, police said that traffic was affected on the route for a couple of hours.
The flames could be seen from a long distance. It was not yet known what the vehicle was carrying.
The truck caught fire near Medvan on the highway at around 8am when it was proceeding towards Mumbai from Gujarat, an official at the district rural police control room said.
After noticing the flames, the truck's driver and cleaner jumped out to safety, the official said.
Vehicular movement on both sides of the highway remained affected for a couple of hours, he said.
Fire teams at Boisar and Dahanu were alerted, but the truck was completely charred before their arrival. The cause of the fire was under investigation, the police said.
(With inputs from PTI)