A massive fire broke out at a petrol pump in Maharashtra’s Nagpur district on Friday night. However, there is no news of anyone getting injured in this accident. The incident took place on Friday night at around 8 pm at Indian Oil’s petrol pump on the Nagpur-Chandrapur highway. The reason for the fire is said to be the bursting of a truck tyre. As soon as the fire broke out, there was chaos among the people present at the petrol pump and everyone ran away along with their vehicles while saving their lives. An officer has given information about the incident.
The fire broke out at Indian Oil’s petrol pump on the Nagpur-Chandrapur highway in Butibori, about 20 km from the district headquarters when an employee was filling diesel in a truck loaded with papers, the official said. During this the tyre of the vehicle bust. He told, ‘The truck caught fire due to a burst of a tyre. The fire also spread to the oil extraction machines. People queuing up to get petrol were able to escape from there.’
Fire extinguished after two hours of effort
Fire engines were called to extinguish the fire. The official said that two fire tenders brought the fire under control after two hours of effort. At the same time, a police officer said that an investigation has been started to find out the cause of the fire.