67-Year-Old Escapes Car Fire in Narrow Moments
A 67-year-old driver escaped his burning modified Nissan Sefiro seconds before flames engulfed the cabin near a traffic light in Si Saket on August 4, after detecting a gasoline leak at a red light.
A 67-year-old driver had a harrowing escape when his modified Nissan Sefiro caught fire near a traffic light in Si Saket on August 4, 2025, at 5:45 p.m. He was returning home after failing to locate an old engine he had left at a technical college when he noticed the smell of leaking gasoline at a red light. As he slowly moved the car toward the roadside to investigate, white smoke and flames suddenly shot from the engine compartment. He immediately opened the door and fled the vehicle just as the fire spread violently through the cabin. "If I had been even a second slower, I could have been trapped inside," he recalled. Rescue teams from Si Saket Municipality and the Phetchkasem Foundation responded quickly, temporarily halting traffic to allow fire trucks to spray water and chemical agents, eventually containing the blaze. The vehicle had been modified with a 1JZ engine and equipped with an LPG fuel system, but the owner clarified he had not used the gas system for an extended period and relied solely on gasoline. He believes a fuel system malfunction caused the leak and subsequent ignition in the engine bay.
