A teacher narrowly escaped a car fiery mishap while en route to school earlier today, suspecting that an engine malfunction may have sparked the fire. At exactly 07,49am, the Ban Mi Municipality’s Fire and Rescue team were alerted of the burning car incident occurring near the Ban Mi Municipality Sports ground, in the Pon Thong sub-district, Lopburi province.

 

The scene greeted the rescue team with a sight of a Toyota saloon, in grey colour marked with the Ayutthaya license plate number กฉ-3117, ablaze with fire vigorously emanating from the engine compartment. Initial attempts to put off the blaze with chemical fire extinguishers proved unsuccessful, prompting the use of water to ultimately contain the fire. Unfortunately, the vehicle was engulfed in the flames leaving it completely in ruins.

 

Investigations revealed that the car was being driven by 25 year old Sirikanya Khunthothom, a teacher from a school not far away. She revealed her unfortunate early morning experience when she was about 2 kilometres from her house on her way to the Ban Bang Li School. Approaching the site of the incident, she smelt an unusual burnt odour and noticed smoke filtering into her car, reported KhaoSod.

 

by Nattapong Westwood

Picture courtesy of KhaoSod.

 

Full story: https://thethaiger.com/news/national/lopburi-teachers-near-miss-in-car-fire-due-to-suspected-engine-malfunction

 

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17 hours ago, webfact said:

Approaching the site of the incident, she smelt an unusual burnt odour and noticed smoke filtering into her car, reported KhaoSod

Time to bail out.

Had it happen to me once a long time ago.... not a nice experience.