Summary:
Kanpur: Five cars loaded in a container truck were gutted in fire on Kanpur-Lucknow national highway under the limits of Ajgain police station of Unnao district on Friday night. When the reached near Sonik turn in Unnao, they noticed smoke billowing out of the closed container,” SP Unnao MP Verma said. Three remaining cars were removed from the container truck safely,” SP added. The incident led to massive chaos on Kanpur-Lucknow highway and traffic was thrown out of gear for nearly three hours. “Traffic was normalised only after the burnt truck was removed from the mishap site with the help of powerful cranes,” said a police officer..