Chittagong Bureau :
One private car was gutted following the blast of cylinder gas on Saturday night.
The incident occurred at Airport road under Patenga thana in city. None was injured in the blast. Being informed, the fire brigade unit rushed to the spot and doused the blaze .
Sub Inspector of Patenga thana Kamrul Islam told that the fire originated from cylinder gas inside the car which engulfed the whole body of the car. Sensing the flame of the gas cylinder, the driver and the others on board disembarked from the car . None was injured in this connection.
Fire service sources said the gas cylinder of the private car caught fire when tried for immediate hard break to avoid the head on collision of a speedy truck in airport road .