The petrol tank of a Royal Enfield motorcycle exploded after the bike caught fire.
A Royal Enfield motorcycle suddenly caught fire and exploded in Anantapur district of Andhra Pradesh, shows videos going viral on Twitter and other social media platforms. The bike was new at the time of the incident and was parked outside the temple.
Ravichandra, the owner of the motorcycle, drove non-stop from Mysore (about 387 km away) to reach Nettikanti Anjaneya Swamy Temple in Guntakal mandal after buying a new vehicle.
The bike caught fire as soon as the youth entered the temple.
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In the video going viral on social media, the bike first caught fire and then the petrol tank exploded, leaving the people present in the area stunned. They doused the fire by pouring water on the vehicle.
Local media said the cause of the fire in the motorcycle was not yet known. The report said that no casualty was reported in the incident.
This is one of the rare incidents when a Royal Enfield bike – also known as Bullet – which runs on petrol caught fire.
A few days ago, Anu electric scooter The one made by Hyderabad startup Pure EV went up in flames near Chennai, raising concerns about the safety of EVs.
The video of the incident which took place near Mathur toll plaza in Manjampakkam went viral on social media.
In the video, plumes of smoke are seen coming out of the scooter.
On March 28, a video on social media showed Ola’s S1 electric scooter catching fire in Pune. The EV was parked on the side of the road at the time of the incident.
A few days before that, an Okinawa two-wheeler caught fire in Vellore, Tamil Nadu.