{"id":27584,"date":"2024-12-11T10:08:39","date_gmt":"2024-12-11T04:38:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/urbanacres.in\/?p=27584"},"modified":"2024-12-11T10:08:39","modified_gmt":"2024-12-11T04:38:39","slug":"parcel-lorry-engulfed-in-fire-on-chennai-bengaluru-highway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/livzzy.in\/?p=27584","title":{"rendered":"Parcel Lorry Engulfed in Fire on Chennai-Bengaluru Highway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>A private parcel lorry belonging to MSS Travels caught fire on the Chennai-Bengaluru Highway near Konavattam, Vellore. The vehicle, driven by 47-year-old R. Radhakrishnan from Virudhunagar, was on its way to Vellore after delivering consignments in Vaniyambadi and Gudiyatham towns.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The driver noticed smoke rising from the vehicle&#8217;s bonnet and immediately stopped and exited the lorry, ensuring his safety. His prompt alert to authorities enabled a swift response by the Virinjipuram police and Vellore firefighters.<\/p>\n<p>Despite efforts to extinguish the flames, the lorry was completely gutted by the fire. Initial findings suggest an electrical short circuit as the probable cause. The Virinjipuram police have registered a case, and investigations are underway to ascertain the exact cause.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A private parcel lorry belonging to MSS Travels caught fire on the Chennai-Bengaluru Highway near Konavattam, Vellore. The vehicle, driven by 47-year-old R. Radhakrishnan from<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":27591,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[158,146,147,148],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27584","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chennai","category-latest","category-news","category-urban-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/livzzy.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27584","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/livzzy.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/livzzy.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livzzy.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livzzy.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27584"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/livzzy.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27584\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livzzy.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/27591"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/livzzy.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27584"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livzzy.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27584"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livzzy.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}