Car catches fire at Vyttila junction

KOCHI: Traffic was held up briefly at the busy Vyttila Junction in the city after a car, waiting at the traffic signal, caught fire. No one was injured in the incident. The driver, the only occupant of the car, on seeing the smoke, got out immediately and summoned help. Pedestrians and people in other vehicles pulled out a hose from a water tanker, also waiting at the traffic signal, and sprayed water on the car that was under a thick cloud of smoke. The fire was put out in about 10 minutes. The car was towed away after the Fire and Rescue Department personnel made sure the fire was doused.