Watch: Burning Maruti Suzuki Omni in self-driving mode, driver escapes narrowly

In a shocking incident which was caught on camera, a Maruti Suzuki Omni van suddenly caught fire while moving on a road in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. Fortunately, the driver escaped the vehicle just in time as soon as he realized that a fire broke out in his MUV. In the video, the vehicle, under heavy fire, can be seen moving along a road without anyone driving it.
The driver of the car narrowly escaped a potential tragedy in a rush and wasn’t able to put it on a halt. The car moved along a distance before it appeared to hit an oncoming vehicle and stopped. Later, some onlookers placed a heavy stone to keep it stationary as there was a steep road ahead. The incident occurred on Tuesday and the video has since surfaced on the internet.

The reason behind the fire is not known yet. No one was injured during the entire incident as the fire personnel reached the location and doused the fire, although the vehicle was completely destroyed.

Maruti Suzuki first debuted the Omni as the Maruti Omni van back in 1984. It was one of the most popular models in the country and had a wide presence both in personal as well as commercial spaces. Often touted as the ‘kidnapper’s car’ due to Bollywood movies portraying it as one back in the day, the Omni received its first facelift in 1998. The manufacturer finally pulled the plug on the long-standing workhorse in 2019 after 35 years of service in the Indian market. The model which caught fire in Kerala isn’t known.
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