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Govt Orders Probe Into Fire Incident Involving Ola Electric Scooter In Pune

The Centre for Fire Explosive and Environment Safe🥀ty (CFEES) has been asked to probe the circumstances that led to the incident

Govt Orders Probe Into Fire Incident Invol𒁃ving Ola Electric Scooter In Pu𓄧ne
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The government ha𝔍s ordered a probe into the incide💯nt of an Ola electric scooter catching fire in Pune last week.

The Centre for Fire Explosive and Environment Safety (CFEES) has been asked to probe the circumstances that led to the incident and also suggest remedial measures, according to the Ministry of Road Transport and High꧅ways (MoRTH).

In a letter to CFEES, the ministry has also asked it to share tᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚhe findings along with the remedial measures for improvement and to prevent such incidents in the future.

On Saturday, Ola Electric said it was investigating the incident of its electric scooter catching fire in Pওune and t🦹hat it would take appropriate action.

A video of the company's💝 electric scooter catching fire was widely circulated onꦬ social media with users raising questions over the safety standards of the vehicle.

Reacting to the incidenꦿt, Ola co-founder and CEO Bhavish Aggarwal had said, "safety is top priority. We're investigating t🦹his and will fix it".

Centre for Fire Explosive and Environment Safety (CFEES) comes under the SAM (System Analysis and Modelli🌠ng) cluster of DRDO labs.