A VEHICLE burst into flames on Wednesday night at Goed Fortuin, West Bank Demerara while at a mechanic shop.
According to the owner of the workshop, Trevor Balram, he was not at home when the vehicle exploded.
The man indicated that he had been tending the vehicle, but left to go to the shop and shortly after, he received a call that there was a fire in the yard and that a vehicle was on fire.

He said that when he returned, he observed that the vehicle which he was working on earlier in the day, was on fire and that the fire service had already been there putting out the blaze.
We were told that the vehicle was taken to the shop for overheating and suspension problems. The overheating problems were fixed but it was just the suspension issues which had to be fixed on Thursday.

The fire also damaged two other vehicles which were parked in the yard and said to be owned by Balram.
He said that based on what he has gathered from the assessment after the blaze, the fire started from within the vehicle. The man said that in overheating issues, a fire would only start in the bonnet of the vehicle.

The man also stressed that the ignition of the vehicle was not on as was being suggested by the fire department, as the battery of the vehicle still had current. Had the ignition been left on, the vehicle’s battery would have been dead.
This is the fourth vehicle to burst into flames for the month of February in various parts of the country.

There were claims that the fires are associated with the gasoline being sold by State-owned GuyOil, but those have since been debunked by Company executives.