Udupi, August 05: A tyre of moving lorry burst and fire broke out at Kinnimulki Balaipade on national highway 66 at 10 am near here on Sunday.

A rear tyre of a lorry carrying cement from Tumkur to Udupi exploded. Suddenly, the driver the lorry parked the vehicle on the roadside. Suddenly fire broke out in the burst tyre. Suddenly the fire brigade of Udupi was informed.

Fire brigade doused the fire and avoided the possible possible fire incident.

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Mumbai (PTI): The nomination papers of 7,994 candidates filed across the 288 assembly constituencies in Maharashtra, where polling will take place on November 20, were found valid after scrutiny, election officials have said.

On the other hand, the nomination papers of 921 candidates were found invalid, the office of the state Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) said in a statement on Thursday.

The process of filing nominations by candidates began on October 22 and ended on October 29.

The papers submitted by contestants were scrutinised on October 30, while the last date for withdrawal of candidatures is November 4.

Polling for the 288-member state assembly will be held on November 20 and results will be declared on November 23.

The ruling Mahayuti alliance, consisting of the BJP, Shiv Sena and NCP, and the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi, comprising the Congress, Shiv Sena (UBT) and NCP (Sharadchandra Pawar), are the main contenders for power though smaller parties and independents are also in the poll fray.