Pathanamthitta: Two people were charred to death after the car in which they were travelling caught fire at Vengal in Thiruvalla here on Friday. The fire force recovered the bodies of a man and woman from the car. A police official told the media that Thukalassery natives were killed in the fire. The deceased are Raju Thomas George (69) and his wife Laiji Thomas (63), natives of Thukalassery, Thiruvalla. Preliminary investigation indicate that it is a case of suicide.
The official added that they are yet to confirm whether the car was running or not when the blaze engulfed it. The accident took place on Kavumbhagom-Vengal church road around 1.00 pm on Friday. Some police officers who were patrolling on Kavumbhagom road spotted the fire from the car. They immediately alerted the fire force and launched rescue efforts.
Though fire force personnel from Thiruvalla railway station rushed to the scene, they could not save the two lives. The car was completely gutted in the fire.
According to some natives, smoke was emitted from the car's front minutes before it caught fire. It is learnt that the people who spotted the smoke tried to alert the driver too. The police officer told the media that the cause of the fire would be confirmed only after a detailed examination by experts.
