Blaze in container truck carrying chemicals, garments near Balewadi
Pune: A container truck caught fire near Balewadi on the Pune-Bengaluru highway in the early hours of Saturday, but fortunately no one was injured.
Police investigations revealed that officials of a company had kept chemicals, garments, electronic items and furniture in the container instead of arranging separate vehicles for the transportation of chemicals.
No proper permission was obtained for the transportation of chemicals either.
"The fire broke out inside the moving container because of friction. After noticing the blaze, the driver stopped the vehicle along the road," an officer from the Bavdhan police said.
The officer said the driver told the police that a transport operator from Bengaluru in Karnataka owned the container truck. A chemical company from Ulhasnagar in Thane district had hired it to transport some chemicals, garments, electronics items, furniture and LED bulbs.
"To save the charges for a separate vehicle to transport chemicals, the company officials had kept the chemicals with the other items in the container truck," the officer said.
He said the company officials, the transport operator and the driver had been charged under sections 326 (mischief by injury, inundation, fire or explosive substance), 286 (negligent conduct with respect to poisonous substance) and 287 (negligent conduct with respect to fire or combustible matter) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), and Section 190 (using vehicle in unsafe condition) of the Motor Vehicles Act.
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