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The half a dozen incidents of cars catching fire whereas in movement reported over current months, has raised severe issues in the Tricity. In two such incidents, in Chandigarh and Panchkula, two human lives have been misplaced in the final 48 hours.
Though the investigation companies are but to conclude the precise purpose behind the mishaps, vehicle experts declare that tampering with the unique designs, modification in opposition to the foundations of the car and set up of fuel kits in improper method have been among the many foremost causes behind such mishaps. Experts maintained that computerized central locking may also be a purpose behind casualties to an extent as victims should not in a position to come out of the broken automobiles as the automated system fails.
Kuldeep Singh, a former technical head with main cars Tata Jaguar, mentioned, “In 95 per cent of such cases, the damaged vehicles had been modified at least once. The original structures were tampered with, against the inbuilt design. This can be done to any parts, including the car’s AC, installation of music system and CNG kits, among others. Recently, a Punjab police officer’s car caught fire near Kiratpur Sahib. Luckily, nobody was hurt. The officer brought the car to me for repair. He had got the car’s AC system repaired earlier from somewhere. I concluded that the mechanic had attached a wire with an AC compressor beneath the car’s fan (air intake), which was against the design. As the engine heated up, the wire sparked and caused damage.” Kuldeep Singh runs his vehicle restore storage in Mohali.
Automobile mechanic at Sector 28 motor market, Parwinder Singh mentioned, “Why are such incidents increasing in the recent years? A decade back, we hardly heard about such mishaps. The reasons are useless modifications, tempering with original structures, use of cheap materials and thin wires by untrained mechanics. A person should always get their vehicles repaired and serviced from a trusted, qualified and expert mechanic instead of unskilled ones. Possibility of getting stuck inside the car due to central locking after accidents is also always there.”
A police officer mentioned, “We register FIRs and launch police investigations whenever stationed cars catch fire. In various cases, there are CCTV footages showing unidentified persons setting vehicles on fire. Such incidents are different from cases when moving vehicles catch fire. In such cases, technical snags are found to be responsible.”
Sudhir Singla, mechanical head with a number one vehicle company at Industrial Area, mentioned, “Loose wires which are not properly tapped or tapped with cheap quality material are also one of the reasons behind such mishaps. People, especially youths want all kinds of modifications. Big buffers are installed in the cars with LED lightings and long wires. It is risky.”
Friday morning, a 17-year-old Gurdaspur resident Akashdeep charred to demise and two others have been injured as their automobile collided with one other automobile on the dividing street of Sector 28, 29 and Industrial Area, ensuing in the leak of a CNG equipment which had been fastened in the automobile’s boot and the eventual fire. The CNG equipment in the automobile was not inbuilt.
In one other incident, a person died as his automobile caught fire on Panchkula-Yamunanagar freeway Friday. A transferring BMW had caught fire abruptly close to Sector 46/47 dividing street on October 27. The driver had jumped out of the automobile and saved himself. On October 2, a person was discovered charred to demise in his automobile on Morni street in Panchkula .
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