Smoke from the bonnet, cars on fire in Lanusei

Car catches fire in the middle of the town in Lanusei. Timely intervention of the firefighters who, in a short time, doused the flames.

Something has interrupted, albeit for a short time, the preparation of the country for celebration. Around 1.40 pm, while the key evening of the cherry fair was being organized in Lanusei, a Fiat Panda caught fire en route. At the wheel, Giancarlo Piroddi, a well-known 71-year-old lawyer from Gairo, who was driving his car along Viale Europa, in the upper part of the town.

Noticing the flames and smoke coming out of the front bonnet, the lawyer Piroddi was quick to stop the car in the neighboring via Cavour, call the fire brigade and wait for their arrival. At the origin of the fire, the age of the small car. Firefighters rushed to the scene and extinguished the flames.