SEREMBAN – Five new Honda cars were destroyed after a car carrier trailer caught fire at Kilometre 227.2 of the North-South Expressway, here this afternoon.
Rembau district police chief Hazri Mohamad said a police team was rushed to the scene after receiving information about the incident at 5.24pm.
“The incident occurred when a trailer carrying six cars driven by a 31-year-old man from the Honda factory to Penang experienced a technical problem with the brakes – which then caused a fire at the back of the vehicle.
“The fire then spread to the five cars and another car was 10%. The incident resulted in traffic congestion for 3km as all lanes were completely closed for firefighting operations for over an hour,” he said in a statement here tonight.
He said no casualties were reported, and the exact cause of the incident and the amount of losses incurred are still being investigated. – Bernama, September 7, 2022
