The vehicles were parked near the Sri Ramachandra Medical Centre, a Tamil Nadu Fire and Rescue Services official said.

The vehicles were parked near the Sri Ramachandra Medical Centre, a Tamil Nadu Fire and Rescue Services official said.

The vehicles were parked near the Sri Ramachandra Medical Centre, a Tamil Nadu Fire and Rescue Services official said.

Chennai: A total of 174 passenger cars were gutted in a fire that engulfed a parking lot in Porur area here on Sunday afternoon, authorities said.

The vehicles were parked near the Sri Ramachandra Medical Centre, a Tamil Nadu Fire and Rescue Services official said.

"We got information at 2:05pm and six fire tenders were sent to douse the flames. The fire has been extinguished," District Officer P Saravanan told IANS.

Thirty two parked vehicles were saved from being gutted. The cause of the fire is not known.

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In a similar incident on Saturday, about 300 cars were gutted in a massive fire that broke out in the parking lot opposite the Indian Air Force's Yelahanka air base in Karnataka where the Aero India Show was underway.

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