India, April 20 -- Nearly two dozen confiscated vehicles were damaged in a late-night fire at Loni police station on Saturday, officials said Sunday, adding that the blaze started after a high-tension electricity cable broke and fell on the parked vehicles.

The fire department officials said they received information about the fire around 9.52 pm. Three fire tenders from Tronica City and Sahibabad rushed to the spot.

"Around 15-20 vehicles had already caught fire when our teams reached. Majority of these were confiscated or unusable vehicles.The fire was brought under control in about an hour and prevented from spreading further," chief fire officer Rahul Pal told HT.

Officials said the fire damaged several vehicles, including five old...