Thousands of rupees worth of cotton was destroyed when the lorry carrying the material accidentaly caught fire. The accident happen on in Seebibare in Tumkur district close to the National highway 4, near Tumkur district.
It is indeed a miracle that there was no loss of life in the accident. The truck was heading towards Bangalore when the  accident occurred.

The driver and cleaner jumped out of the flaming vehicle to save themselves. Circle inspector Gajendra Prasad, Sub inspector P Sheshadri and their team rushed to the spot along with the fire fighting personnel to help put out the blaze.