Thane Jan 19 PTI A 62-year-old man and his wife were charred to death after a truck loaded with liquid sulphur moved backwards on a slope and hit an autorickshaw carrying the couple which led to both the vehicles catching fire at Ambarnath township in Thane district of Maharashtra on Wednesday afternoon police said The mishap occurred near a nullah in Ambarnath east area they said The truck was on its way from Ambarnath to Shil Near the nullah it developed some technical snag and started moving backwards on the downhill slope It crushed an autorickshaw on the way due to which the fuel tank of the rickshaw exploded and led to a fire in both the vehicles deputy commissioner of police traffic Balasaheb Patil said Soon the sulphur in the truck also caught fire The two occupants of the rickshaw - who were later identified as Vasudeo Bhoir 62 and his wife Gulab Bhoir 57 - were charred to death he said Both the vehicles were completely damaged in the incident Patil added On being informed the police and the fire brigade personnel of the Ambarnath Municipal Council rushed to the spot and extinguished the blaze he said A fire officer said that the incident took place shortly before 4 pm Police said that the bodies of the two victims were sent to a local government hospital for post-mortem Besides the truck and the rickshaw a car also caught fire he said PTI COR NP NP

Thane Jan 19 PTI Two persons were charred to death after a truck carrying liquid sulfur met with an accident and hit an autorickshaw which led to both the vehicles catching fire at Ambarnath township in Thane district of Maharashtra on Wednesday afternoon police said The accident occurred near a nullah in Ambarnath east area and the two deceased were occupants of the autorickshaw they said The truck was on its way from Ambarnath to Shil Near the nullah it developed some technical snag and started moving backwards due to the gradient It crushed an autorickshaw on the way due to which the fuel tank of the rickshaw exploded and led to a fire in both the vehicles deputy commissioner of police traffic Balasaheb Patil said Soon the sulphur in the truck also caught fire The two occupants of the rickshaw were charred to death and the deceased are being identified he said Both the vehicles were completely damaged in the incident Patil added On being informed the police and the fire brigade personnel of the Ambarnath Municipal Council rushed to the spot and extinguished the blaze he said A fire officer said that the incident took place shortly before 4 pm Police said that the bodies of the two victims were sent to a local government hospital for post-mortem PTI COR NP NP