A car moving towards Balagandi was gutted after it caught fire at Government Medical Square near the Grand Road here late on Friday night.
However, no casualty was reported in the incident. The mishap took place just 20 metre from a petrol pump. The cause behind the fire was yet to be ascertained. Reports said that the car was running on gas.
Frightened locals informed the fire services after the car caught fire. Fire tenders rushed the spot and doused the flame.
All the passengers travelling in the car were safe as they had alighted from the vehicle once they saw fire breaking out in the vehicle.