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A 63-year-old husbandman escaped unhurt aft his electrical scooter caught occurrence adjacent a beverage store astatine Thimiri colony adjacent Arcot municipality successful Ranipet connected Sunday.
The constabulary said that V. Babu, a husbandman successful Ammur colony adjacent Arcot town, purchased an e-scooter a fewer months ago. After completing regular work of the vehicle, Babu was returning to his connected Arcot - Arani Main Road erstwhile helium stopped the conveyance to person beverage from a roadside outlet.
The constabulary said arsenic helium was consuming tea, Babu noticed fume emanating from the scooter. A occurrence engulfed the full vehicle. Residents and neighbours tried to douse the fire, but they were incapable to bash it. They alerted Thimiri constabulary and firefighters who, aft astir fractional an hour, doused the fire.
The constabulary said that an electrical abbreviated circuit mightiness beryllium the crushed for the incident. They besides said that charging the conveyance for excessively agelong could person caused the occurrence arsenic the conveyance had conscionable returned from the work centre.
