India, April 7 -- The Airport tunnel was temporarily closed for vehicular movement on Monday after a vehicle caught fire at the merging point of the tunnel and the main Dwarka Expressway tunnel (from Delhi airport side towards Yashobhoomi), the national highways authority of India (NHAI) said in a post on X. Traffic movement on the main Dwarka Expressway tunnel was later restored on both carriageways, the NHAI said.

While the NHAI's statement said that the fire broke out in a car, the Delhi Police said that an ambulance of Gurugram Civil Hospital caught fire. The fire was doused and no loss of life or injury was reported, the police said.

According to the NHAI's statement, a fire incident was reported at around 8.10 pm. As per standard ...