In the early hours of Saturday, a container truck caught fire on NH 48 in Gujarat’s Valsad district.
The incident occurred near the village of Motiwada. The truck was on its way from Mumbai to Ahmedabad. Five fire trucks rushed to the scene to put out the fire.
“As soon as we got information, we reached the spot. The truck was on its way from Mumbai to Ahmedabad carrying bottles of shampoo and perfume. We saw that there was an explosion. It took one and a half to two hours to douse the fire,” said, Divyesh Patel, Fire Officer, Pardi, Valsad.