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200 passenger cars of Utoo Cabs gutted in fire at Chennai parking lot

The cabs were not insured. No human casualties reported

Of the total 208 parked cars, 176 were gutted and 32 were "saved from the fire," he said.
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Of the total 208 parked cars, 176 were gutted and 32 were "saved from the fire," he said.

Gireesh Babu Chennai
Around 180-200 passenger cars of Utoo Cabs, the taxi hailing company launched by C Sivasankaran, founder of telecom firm Aircel, parked in an open space at Porur, in Chennai, were destroyed in a fire which broke out on Sunday afternoon.
 
The on-demand online taxi-hailing brand has not been on roads as the company is planning to relaunch it with electric cars.
 
According to information available, the cars were parked at a location near Sri Ramachandra Medical Centre and the fire spread due to dry grass on the ground.
 
The fire went on for several hours, destroying 180-200