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VASCO: A car left behind by a passenger was charred in a fire outside the Dabolim airport on Saturday morning.
According to eye-witnesses, the owner had parked the car (GA-06-D-2377) in the open space and had left in a flight for Mumbai.
Witnesses said they noticed some smoke in the car and within moments, the vehicle was engulfed in flames.
Three fire tenders, one from the Navy and two from the Goa fire services, were dispatched to extinguish the flames.
“The area is being used to park taxis and other private cars as there is no parking space available at the airport. Luckily, others had not used the space at the time to park their vehicles when the incident took place,” said a witness.
Vasco PSI Nikhil Palekar, who was present at the site, suspected that a burning cigarette butt may have caused a fire on some dried grass and the flames then spread to the car.
