An electrical scooter parked on the veranda of a home in Vaniyambadi caught fire on Sunday.
The police stated S. Ihsanuallh, 32, who runs a tea store at Shakirabad, a thickly populated neighbourhood in Vaniyambadi city, had parked his scooter, close to the electrical energy meter field, on the veranda of his home for charging earlier than going sleep the earlier night time. Around 1 a.m, smoke began emanating from the bike and a fire broke out.
As the fire unfold to different elements of the veranda, together with the meter field, Mr. Ihsanuallah awoke, alongside together with his dad and mom, who collectively stayed on the bottom ground, while his elder brother and his household stayed on the primary ground. They tried to place off the fire by pouring water on the bike. But the warmth popping out of the e-bike was so excessive that it broke the clay tiles of the ground.
On an alert, fire tenders from Vaniyambadi and the police reached the spot. However, the automobile and the meter field had been gutted. Initial investigation revealed that Mr. Ihsanuallah introduced the automobile a 12 months in the past. The police stated charging the automobile for lengthy may have triggered the fire.
The police stated this was not the primary time that electrical scooters had caught fire. In March, 2022, a 49-year-old man and his daughter died of suffocation after his new e-bike went up in flames in entrance of his home on Balaraman Street at Chinna Allapuram close to Old Town in Vellore.
