VARANASI: Three persons had a narrow escape as they timely jumped off the car which caught fire at Malviya Bridge in Chandauli on Monday.
According to Habib Khan, he along with two members of his family was heading to Varanasi in his car. As they reached the approach road of Malviya bridge from Chandauli, their car caught fire.
On noticing flames, they all jumped off the moving vehicle.The car stopped but flames engulfed it in a few seconds causing chaos on this busy road. On being informed, fire fighters reached the spot and extinguished the fire after which the traffic normalised on Varanasi-Chandauli road.