The man surnamed Chen was driving his own van to work, but on the way there was an emergency where the front of the car burst into flames. He was so frightened that he quickly removed the refrigerant and other gases from the car to avoid an explosion.

(provided by the police)

[Reporter Chen Enhui/Taoyuan Report] On the first day of work on the ninth day of the Lunar New Year, a man surnamed Chen who worked in refrigeration and air conditioning drove a 30-year-old Volkswagen van at 8:00 a.m. on his way to the company. While waiting for a traffic light at the second section of Daxing West Road in Taoyuan District near Yongan intersection, the front of the car suddenly emitted smoke and sparks. Chen Nan was so frightened that he called the police for help, and quickly removed the flammable refrigerant, tools and other items in the car, but the fire was getting worse. The bigger the case, the old car had been burned to the ground after the rescuers from the fire station arrived. Divert traffic.

The Taoyuan branch said that Chen Nan was driving a van passing through the second section of Daxing West Road at 8:54 a.m. when he stopped at a red light in the direction of the interchange and found smoke coming from the vehicle. The vehicle was on fire. The Puzi Police Station of this sub-bureau received the notification and immediately dispatched the police network to block the road section for traffic control, and cooperated with the firefighters to put out the fire. The fire was extinguished in less than half an hour. The burned vehicle has been moved. Follow-up contact the cleaning team to Carry out road cleaning at the field to maintain driving safety.

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Chen Nan was interviewed and said that while waiting for traffic lights, he was surprised to see smoke coming from the front of the car. He immediately felt that something was wrong, so he quickly turned off the engine and placed a triangle cone to warn the car not to approach. At the same time, he quickly removed the flammable refrigerant gas and other items from the car. To avoid an explosion after burning, the driver of a bus behind kindly lent him a fire extinguisher, but the fire was too big and the fire extinguishing effect was not great. In the end, the car still burned completely. Fortunately, everyone was fine.

The man surnamed Chen was driving his own van to work, but on the way there was an emergency where the front of the car burst into flames. He was so frightened that he quickly removed the refrigerant and other gases from the car to avoid an explosion.

(Photographed by reporter Chen Enhui)

Police officers from the Puzi Police Station of the Taoyuan Sub-bureau in Taoshi blocked the road and assisted in traffic diversion, so that the on-site rescue and clearance work ended quickly.

(Photographed by reporter Chen Enhui)