Decrease in number of vehicle fires in Oman

Muscat: There has been a 20 per cent decrease in vehicle fires in 2020 compared to the previous year, the Public Authority of Civil Defense and Ambulance (PACDA) announced.

PACDA said in a statement: "According to the authority’s statistics, the number of fires occurring in vehicles in the year 2020 reached 606 fires compared to 769 fires in the year 2019 , a decrease of 163 fire accidents."