A truck loaded with tendupatta leaves caught fire after coming in contact with the high-tension electric wires near Shantighat at Danitola Chowk. However, the truck driver and the helper were reported to be safe. The incident happened in the evening of Sunday when truck (CG 08 B 2275) was on the way from Naharpur to Rajnandgaon.
The truck was loaded with as many as 268 sacks of tendupatta and near Shantighat, the truck collided with the high tension wires and it didn’t take much time for the leaves to catch fire.
In a few minutes, the fire engulfed the whole truck and the people present there asked the driver Rakesh Yadav (28) to escape from the spot. Fire brigade was called but by that time the tendupatta leaves were reduced to ashes. Traffic in-charge Satyakala Ramteke and personnel reached the spot and took the traffic congestion under control.
The reason behind the incident has been reported to be truck driver could not guess the height of the high-tension wires and that eventually resulted into the incident.