A 14 ton truck containing 4,026 doses of tea caught fire in Indonesia.

The truck caught fire badly on the Trans Sulawesi road, precisely in Tabolang Village, Topoyo District, Central Mamuju Regency, West Sulawesi Province, Indonesia. The fire occurred on Friday 26 July 2024 afternoon at 12.23 Central Indonesia Time (WITA) local time.

The fire was triggered by a spark from an electrical short circuit in the truck's battery, when the truck crossed an uphill road, causing the truck to catch fire. It is known that smoke from the fire started to emerge from the back of the truck.

In the video, it can be seen that when the fire burned the moving truck, the flames spread to the front and back of the car causing the cargo to be engulfed by the red rooster.

"The reason the truck caught fire is thought to be an electrical short circuit that occurred in the battery," said Ismail, a Central Mamuju Damkar officer, on July 27 2024 when confirmed.

Ismail said that the fire that burned the car was extinguished within an hour by fire officials.

"The condition of the front of the car was badly damaged, because it was burnt," he said.

The car was loaded with glass tea drinks weighing 14 tonnes with a total of 4,026 boxes of glass tea.

Currently the car is still at the location, charred and badly damaged.