ZAMBOANGA CITY (Mindanao Examiner / Apr. 4, 2014) – A tricycle driver narrowly escaped from being burned alive after his vehicle caught fire late Friday in Zamboanga City in southern Philippines.
Abner Unding said he was able to jump out of the tricycle after its engine suddenly burst in flames while travelling along the village of Tetuan.
“I don’t know what had happened. All I remember was the engine just burst in flames while I was driving. I was able to jump out of my tricycle,” he told the regional newspaper Mindanao Examiner.
Unding said a spark in the engine may have caused the fire. “I don’t know what to do now. I am still paying that tricycle and now this happened,” he said.
A villager, who gave his name only as Mike, managed to push the tricycle away from a row of wooden houses as neighbors doused the fire with water to prevent it from burning electrical wires hanging above on a busy road.
Fire fighters arrived minutes after the fire was put out by villagers. (Mindanao Examiner)
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