Monday’s fire, astatine the Okinawa Galaxy showroom, was reported astatine 2.06 pm, prompting the deployment of 2 occurrence tenders to the tract connected Dr Rajkumar Road. (Express Photo)
A occurrence broke retired astatine an electrical vehicles showroom successful Rajajinagar connected Monday afternoon, destroying 15 vehicles. While the nonstop origin of the occurrence remains unknown, constabulary fishy that a abbreviated circuit successful 1 of the vehicles whitethorn person triggered the incident.
Bescom’s electrical inspector is yet to taxable a last probe study connected the incident.
This is the 2nd specified incidental successful Rajajinagar. In November 2024, a 26-year-old pistillate was charred to decease and 3 radical were injured successful a occurrence that destroyed implicit 25 electrical scooters astatine an EV showroom connected Dr Rajkumar Road. The occurrence was attributed to a artillery detonation successful 1 of the vehicles.
Monday’s fire, astatine the Okinawa Galaxy showroom, was reported astatine 2.06 pm, prompting the deployment of 2 occurrence tenders to the tract connected Dr Rajkumar Road. The blaze occurred successful the basement and crushed level of the showroom, wherever electrical two-wheelers were stored. The occurrence was contained earlier it could dispersed to the 2 precocious floors, which location bureau spaces.
Preliminary investigations revealed that 5 radical were wrong the showroom erstwhile the occurrence started. During the evacuation, 1 of them sustained injuries from an electrical ligament and was aboriginal hospitalised. The different employees managed to flight unscathed arsenic they were adjacent the exit astatine the time.
Fire officials said that a elaborate probe was underway to find the cause.
According to the government, 83 cases of electrical vehicles catching occurrence person been reported successful Karnataka since 2020. Okinawa Scooters topped the database with 9 incidents, followed by Ola, which reported 5 specified incidents.
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