Two people were charred to death after a truck carrying liquid sulfur met with an accident and hit an autorickshaw, which led to both vehicles catching fire at Ambarnath township in Thane on Wednesday afternoon, the police said. The accident occurred near a nullah in Ambarnath east area and the two deceased were occupants of the autorickshaw, they said.

“The truck was on its way from Ambarnath to Shil. Near the nullah, it developed some technical snag and started moving backwards due to the gradient. It crushed an autorickshaw on the way, due to which the fuel tank of the rickshaw exploded and led to a fire in both vehicles,” deputy commissioner of police (traffic) Balasaheb Patil said.