A car caught fire after crashing into a stranded truck in front of a petrol pump near the Badachana police station in Jajpur district late on Tuesday night. Fortunately, no injury or casualty was reported in the mishap.
Sources said the speeding car en route to Bhadark from Cuttack rammed into the truck parked on roadside at around 1 am. Following the crash, a fire broke out in the car and spread quickly.
Two persons, who were travelling by the car along with their pet dog, managed to escape before the fire engulfed the entire vehicle, the sources added.
However, the Badachana police were still clueless as to who the occupants of the car were.