MIRI: A trailer lorry driver faced an anxious moment when a rear tyre of the vehicle he was travelling in suddenly exploded and caught fire at Jalan Pesisir Miri-Bintulu near here yesterday morning.
In the 5.00am incident, the driver was said to be heading to Miri from Bintulu when one of the rear tyres exploded and caught fire.
The man in his 40s managed to stop the vehicle by the roadside and douse the fire with a fire extinguisher.
Meanwhile, a spokesman from the Fire and Rescue Department said seven personnel from Miri fire station were dispatched to the scene after they received a distress call at 5.10am.
“Upon arrival, we found that the fire was already put out by the trailer lorry driver,” he said.
The spokesman added that four rear tyres were destroyed in the incident and no casualty or injury was reported.
