Whenever an electric vehicle catches fire, it instantly becomes big news and the incident goes viral. The same has happened after a recent incident when an electric scooty caught fire on the Eastern Express Highway, Thane on Saturday. Thankfully, no one was injured in the incident, the regional disaster management cell (RDMC) officials confirmed to The Free Press Journal. The report also quoted the Thane RDMC chief Avinash Sawant as saying that officials received information about the fire at the regional disaster management cell room at around 8:40 am. According to the report, the two-wheeler is from the EVTRICK brand.
The team of the regional disaster management cell then reached the spot along with fire brigade personnel on a fire vehicle. “The two persons travelling on the bike remained unhurt in the incident,” he confirmed.
The fire was extinguished by 9:15 am and the situation was brought under control. However, the report didn't specify the reason behind the fire in this incident.
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