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Close shave for driver as truck catches fire

(China Daily)
Updated: 2009-08-05 09:42

A driver of a truck transporting wooden furniture and electrical appliances escaped a major tragedy after his vehicle caught fire in Chongqing municipality.

Lu, the truck driver, said he was driving through a tunnel at about 1 am last Wednesday, when a car driver overtook him, screaming, "Fire, fire!"

Lu immediately stopped the truck and ran away from it before calling firefighters, who put out the blaze after 10 minutes.

(Chongqing Commercial Daily)