Thiruvananthapuram, February 13 Two vehicles caught fire in separate incidents in the districts of Thiruvananthapuram and Kozhikode, officials of the Fire and Rescue Service said on Friday.
According to officials, a car carrying a couple caught fire near Jagathy in Thiruvananthapuram around 11 am.
The couple immediately moved the vehicle to the roadside, got out, and alerted the nearby fire station.
The car quickly burst into flames and was completely destroyed, officials said.
Fire trucks arrived at the scene within 10 minutes and extinguished the fire, officials said.
Fire service personnel said the exact cause of the fire is still under investigation, although the vehicle was old.
In a similar incident in Omassery, Kozhikode district, on Thursday night, a moving auto-rickshaw caught fire.
Fire and Rescue Service personnel in Kozhikode said the vehicle was transporting electronic goods when the driver noticed the fire.
He and other passengers were able to escape before the vehicle was engulfed in flames, officials said.
Fire trucks arrived at the scene and extinguished the fire within half an hour.
Officials said the auto-rickshaw and the electronic goods it was carrying were completely destroyed in the fire.
Officials of the Motor Vehicles Department (MVD) have begun an investigation to determine the cause of the fires, officials added.