Thiruvananthapuram

Two moving vehicles caught fire in separate incidents in Thiruvananthapuram and Kozhikode districts, officials of the Fire and Rescue Services said on Friday.

In the first incident, a car carrying a couple caught fire near Jagathy in Thiruvananthapuram around 11 am. The occupants immediately pulled the vehicle to the roadside, exited safely and alerted the nearby fire station.

The car was soon engulfed in flames and completely gutted before fire tenders reached the spot within 10 minutes and brought the blaze under control. Officials said the cause of the fire is yet to be determined, though the vehicle was reportedly old.

In a second incident late Thursday night, a moving autorickshaw caught fire at Omassery in Kozhikode district. Fire and Rescue Service officials said the vehicle was transporting electronic goods when the driver noticed smoke and flames.

The driver and other occupants managed to escape without injury before the vehicle was fully engulfed. Fire tenders reached the scene and extinguished the fire within about half an hour.

Officials said the autorickshaw and the electronic goods it was carrying were completely destroyed in the incident.

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The Motor Vehicles Department has launched an investigation to ascertain the cause of both fires, officials added.