all fired up!!! OMNI catches fire!!

flipsyde · 12th December 2006, 19:36

hey ppl was riding down venkatnarayana road in t-nagar, chennai today where i spotted a maruti omni which caught fire on the road..... not sure of the events which preceeded tht but this happenend right the elite petrol bunk...... scary to see the go up in flames like that..... people in the petrol bunk got 2-3 cans of extinguishers and put the fire out.... no one was injured but the car was all gone.....

police and fire dept. were there in a couple of minutes......

i got a couple of photos on my phone cam but someone help me post them here

hemi · 12th December 2006, 20:05

Was that omni running on LPG?i have seen couple of cases(both m800's)going up in flames when parked...after inspection they(police)blamed for leakage of gas.

If you want to post pics.use TinyPic Video and Photo Sharing

flipsyde · 13th December 2006, 02:36

hrag · 13th December 2006, 10:38

Quote:

Originally Posted by flipsyde

this happenend right the elite petrol bunk......

You mean Ekayars petrol bunk, don't you? Good to hear nobody was hurt.

12th December 2006, 19:36	#1
flipsyde BHPian Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Chennai Posts: 644 Thanked: 84 Times	all fired up!!! OMNI catches fire!! hey ppl was riding down venkatnarayana road in t-nagar, chennai today where i spotted a maruti omni which caught fire on the road..... not sure of the events which preceeded tht but this happenend right the elite petrol bunk...... scary to see the go up in flames like that..... people in the petrol bunk got 2-3 cans of extinguishers and put the fire out.... no one was injured but the car was all gone..... police and fire dept. were there in a couple of minutes...... i got a couple of photos on my phone cam but someone help me post them here
	() Thanks

12th December 2006, 20:05	#2
hemi BHPian Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Mysore Posts: 62 Thanked: 0 Times	Was that omni running on LPG?i have seen couple of cases(both m800's)going up in flames when parked...after inspection they(police)blamed for leakage of gas. If you want to post pics.use TinyPic Video and Photo Sharing
	() Thanks

13th December 2006, 02:36	#3
flipsyde BHPian Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Chennai Posts: 644 Thanked: 84 Times
	() Thanks