SUNGAI PETANI: A couple managed to flee in the nick of time when their car caught fire while travelling in Jalan Ambangan Height near Taman SP Saujana here yesterday.
Kuala Muda police chief Assistant Commissioner Wan Azharuddin Wan Ismail said police were alerted to the incident via MERS999 at about 6.15pm.
"Two motorcycle patrol units were deployed to the scene and upon arriving, the Peugeot vehicle was engulfed in fire.
"The driver and his wife managed to get out of the car without sustaining any injury.
"Firefighters subsequently put out the fire but the vehicle suffered a total loss," he said in a statement today.