Riding, Nurse's Motorcycle In East Lombok Caught Fire

A motorcycle that caught fire in the East Lombok Regency, NTB Province, Tuesday (12/24/2024) (ANTARA/HO-Humas East Lombok Police)

NTB - A motorcycle belonging to a nurse named Riwaina Yuni Irawan (36) from East Lombok Regency, West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) Province suddenly caught fire while being driven.

Head of Public Relations of the East Lombokn Police, Iptu Nicolas Oesman, said that this incident occurred on the Jalan Raya Kecamatan Keruak, Tuesday, December 24 afternoon.

"In this incident, there were no casualties, and it is suspected that the cause of the motorcycle caught fire was a short circuit in the vehicle engine," he said in East Lombok, Tuesday, December 24, which was confiscated by Antara.

The incident began when the victim finished filling up fuel at one of the fuel retailers, when the victim turned on the vehicle suddenly sparks appeared from the vehicle bus and caused the vehicle to catch fire.

Luckily, the motorcycle fire did not spread or cause any other fire.

"The fire had appeared from the busi and grabbed the fuel in the tank," he said.

As a result of the incident, the victim suffered tens of millions and the vehicle has been evacuated, so as not to interfere with traffic flow in the local area.

"There were no casualties," he said.

He hopes that the community or other motorcyclists will continue to routinely carry out maintenance of vehicles, so that the same thing does not happen as experienced by a nurse.

"Before using the vehicle, keep checking and wearing a helmet while driving," he said.