Truck en route to Maharashtra with scrap metal catches fire on Bengaluru's NICE road.

An iron-laden truck was gutted in an accidental fire that broke out in one of its wheels on NICE Road in Bengaluru on Sunday.

The incident ocurred around 4.45 p.m. when truck bearing a Gujarat-registration number transporting iron scrap material was heading to Dhulia in Maharastra from Trissur in Kerala. The Jnanabharathi Fire Station personnel rushed to the spot and brought the fire under control.

According to the police, initially, the fire was spotted on one of the tyres of the truck, and soon spread to the entire truck before the truck driver, Noor Saleem, stopped the vehicle and jumped out to safety.