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Pulse consignment destroyed as lorry catches fire
Special Correspondent
— Photo: A.Muralitharan
it’s what REMAINS: The lorry which was gutted in a fire on Chennai Bypass in the early hours on Sunday.
TAMBARAM: ‘Toor dal,’ weighing nearly 39 tonnes, meant for supply under the public distribution system, was destroyed when a lorry transporting the consignment caught fire on the Chennai Bypass at Anakaputhur, a southern suburb of Chennai, early on Sunday.
However, no one was injured, police said.
According to them, the vehicle, bearing the registration number TN 21 R 4852, had left a Tamil Nadu Civil Supplies Corporation godown in north Chennai late on Saturday night for Ulunderpettai in Villupuram district.
The consignment was meant for fair price shops in the region.
Head-on collision
At around 2 a.m., the lorry collided head-on with an earth-moving equipment (Regn No: TN 02 K 6899) reported to be travelling in the wrong direction.
The equipment, police said, hit the fuel tank of the pulse-laden lorry.
In the impact, diesel from the tank leaked and a fire broke out, destroying the lorry completely.
Fire tenders from Maraimalai Nagar and Tambaram rushed to the spot and put out the flames.
But all 510 bags , each weighing 75 kg, were destroyed. The Shankar Nagar police conducted a preliminary investigation and registered a case.
It was then transferred to the Tambaram Traffic Police (Investigation).
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