Mercedes, 2 other cars go up in flames

Bengaluru, NT Bureau: Three parked cars caught fire after an electric transformer exploded on Spencer Road in Banaswadi Police Station limits on Friday evening.

Luckily no casualties were reported as there was no one in the vehicles. Fire personnel and the jurisdictional police rushed to the spot and doused the fire as soon as the incident took place.

Among the damaged cars was a Mercedes Benz with a Maharashtra registration number.

It was later found that a person hailing from Pune had come to Bengaluru to meet his relatives here. He had parked his car on the roadside.