Summary:
Preliminary investigations attributed the flames to a short circuit inside the car battery. more-inPanic gripped the area near Pallimukku in the city on Tuesday evening when a moving car caught fire on a busy road near the junction. As soon as they got out, the car went up in flames. The passengers in the car spotted smoke emanating from the front side of the vehicle and immediately stopped it. The car, owned by Jose Cheriyan of Cherthala, was being driven by one Manu at the time of the incident..