Delhi: Car catches fire in Sheikh Sarai, one dead

New Delhi [India], August 11 (ANI): One man was charred to death when the car in which he was travelling caught fire in Sheikh Sarai area late Friday night.

The incident came to light after the Delhi Fire Service received an anonymous call at 1:48 am yesterday.

The officials said that the vehicle was reduced to ashes when they reached the spot.

The probe team is assuming that the car caught fire after colliding with another speedy vehicle. It also added that the deceased was seemingly carrying bundles of paper with him for supply.

The investigation is underway.

On July 18, as many as eight people from the same family were killed while one got injured after a car caught fire following a collision with a truck on Rajkot-Morbi Highway near Morbi district's Tankara town in Gujarat. (ANI)

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