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A 30-year-old operator of a tanker lorry, that was carrying bitumen tar, escaped unhurt aft the conveyance caught occurrence adjacent Arakkonam municipality connected Wednesday.
Police said that workers were carrying retired welding to link a pipeline betwixt the tanker lorry and a vessel to transportation the liquid tar. A spark led to the fire, and the driver, Santhosh, a autochthonal of Manali successful Chennai, jumped retired of the conveyance to flight the blaze. Staff astatine the tar works alerted the occurrence and rescue services officials from Arakkonam, who rushed to the country and enactment retired the flames. The incidental occurred astir 7.45 a.m.
Firefighters battled for implicit an hr to bring the flames nether control. However, the tanker lorry was wholly gutted. A lawsuit was registered by Arakkonam Taluk police, and further probe is nether way.
