A chemical-laden tanker caught fire on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad highway in Maharashtra's Palghar district on Wednesday, disrupting traffic movement on the busy route for a couple of hours, police said.
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No one was injured in the blaze which erupted at around 3.30 am in the tanker in Medhvan Khind area, an official from Kasa police station said.
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The vehicle's driver and cleaner jumped out to safety, he said.?
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Local fire personnel rushed to the spot and doused the blaze in about two hours, the official said.
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The tanker was completely destroyed, the official said, adding it was not yet known which chemical the vehicle was carrying.
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The cause of the blaze was yet to be ascertained, he said.