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| ![]() This VW Vento caught fire on near Roopali restaurant, FC Road, Pune this morning. ![]() The owner was going to park his car and suddenly it burst in fire. First huge black smoke started coming out. In a minute, the car caught fire. Owner could not escape at first due to his seat belt. Roopali regular members broke the seat belt from its mount and got him outside. By that time, he was completely on fire. However, we could put that out in a minute. By that time, all his clothes were burnt out. Police and Fire-brigade responded extremely fast. They were on site within max 5 minutes. Hats off to them. - Vishwas Mokashi EDIT By Support Team: "Appending the text from post 101, as requested by antz.bin" Quote:
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Senior - BHPian ![]() | ![]() ^^ OMG that is really scary, any idea how the seat belt was stuck ? These cases should be properly investigated by the company on how the fire was started. |
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If its a fire from the engine bay ,the driver should have time to escape ! I might be wrong ![]() | |
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Team-BHP Support ![]() ![]() | ![]() Picture of the same Vento taken by a friend and team-bhpian: ![]() My guess is a faulty ICE install might have caused this. Not sure though. |
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Senior - BHPian ![]() | ![]() A VENTO while in motion caught fire on FC Road in Pune. The car was completely charred to ashes in few minutes. Luckily the owner escaped and is admitted to a near by hospital. The owner could not remove the seat belts in time and had to be pulled out by breaking the window glass. ![]() |
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BHPian ![]() | ![]() That's pretty sad. Pretty sad state of the car. Hope the owner recovers soon. Any clue on the cause of the fire? |
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Senior - BHPian ![]() | ![]() Here's the article TOI http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Defau...&ViewMode=HTML |
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| ![]() Too sad. Glad the owner (driver) has been saved. Isn't it high time car manufacturer's put in fire retardant upholstery in cars ? |
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| ![]() Indian express says that when the person started the car, it caught fire. And "company" has promised to look into the matter. Pune, 31 January, 2012 ![]() Hope the person recovers well and it is an one-off case. As I understand, there are no real flame retardant regulations when it comes to combustible materials used in a vehicle. |
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Senior - BHPian ![]() | ![]() Thats sad. Glad that the owner escaped unhurt. Should be the short circuiting case I guess - article says the owner heard of a spark from the engine. Why could not the owner release the seat belts, was it stuck? Also the article said that the doors got automatically locked out which should not have been the case in case of emergency. This is serious safety design flaw. ![]() Also any news of the second car which was damaged due to the rear ending by the burning Vento? |
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Senior - BHPian ![]() | ![]() There is another Vento gutted due to fire at some mall parking. I read this news sometimes back somewhere. Not able to find source of news. Please post if you have read somewhere. |
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| ![]() Report of VW Vento catching fire Article Window Two shocking revelations- 1. Seat belt got jammed 2. Doors automatically locked themselves Quote:
Note from the Team-BHP Support Team: Please use the "edit" button if posting within 30 minutes of the first post, instead of creating another back-to-back post. Last edited by .anshuman : 8th February 2012 at 22:17. Reason: See note in the post. | |
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Distinguished - BHPian ![]() ![]() | ![]() Saw the same points in the article - but not sure I can believe a reporter to that extent. Vento's doors can be unlocked from inside even when centrally locked - the reason given by the company was to allow the driver to save himself in such situations, and get out fast. If the article is correct, then I wonder what went wrong in the electricals causing the door locks to stop responding. Guess it'll be better to wait for the official report to come out from the company, assuming they do put it up. |
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