Truck gutted in fire in JK

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Press Trust of India Srinagar
Last Updated : Nov 17 2019 | 1:20 PM IST

A truck was destroyed after it caught fire in Tral area of Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said on Sunday.

A truck, from outside the Kashmir Valley, was parked on a roadside in Hardimir area of Tral in south Kashmir district when it caught fire during the night apparently due to a short circuit, they said.

A police official said that the truck was transporting grass that seems to have caught fire after an electric short-circuit that took place near it.

The vehicle was completely gutted in the incident, he said.

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First Published: Nov 17 2019 | 1:20 PM IST

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