VIDEO: Fire breaks out at the generator car of Shatabdi Express at Ghaziabad railway station
News | March 20, 2021 9:20 ISTVIDEO: Fire breaks out at the generator car of Shatabdi Express at Ghaziabad railway station
VIDEO: Fire breaks out at the generator car of Shatabdi Express at Ghaziabad railway station
The incident occurred around 9 pm when the New Delhi to Bengaluru Rajdhani Express was passing Nawandgi railway station. A fire tender was pressed into service and the flames were put off.
"My ID card was not being issued so I set the coach on fire and tore seat covers of the train," the accused told the police. He was arrested soon after the incident.
The passengers were cooking breakfast when the blast occurred. Two adjoining coaches were engulfed in the raging fire. The fire destroyed three of the train carriages, including two economy class carriages and one business class.
The incident was reported while the Nandigram Express was travelling from Nagpur to Mumbai via Aurangabad.
A bogie of a train caught fire in New delhi railway station in platform number 8 on Friday.
Though the incidents of train collision have come down to zero in 2018-19, the Economic Survey Thursday said the occurrence of fire in trains has registered an increase. The incidents of derailment have come down from 78 in 2016-17 to 46 in the last financial year, the Economic Survey 2018-19 said.
Howrah-Jagadalpur Samaleswari Express met with an accident between Singapur Road and Keutguda after hitting a Tower Car engaged in working in that section.
The train, Sapt Kranti Express, was running from Bihar's Muzaffarpur to Delhi, at the time of the incident.
No one was hurt in the incident. The Trivandrum bound Express train, which arrived here at midnight on Saturday, was scheduled to leave Silchar station at 8.05 a.m. on Tuesday morning.
AP Superfast Express catches fire in Gwalior, social media flooded with burning train videos
Two coaches of AP AC Express caught fire near Birlanagar station in Gwalior today. All passengers are reportedly safe as they were deboarded as soon as the fire was reported.
Fire breaks out in two coaches of AP Express near Birlanagar station in Gwalior
The two coaches -- B-6 and B-7 -- of the fully air-conditioned train, caught fire around 11.45 am, North Central Railway's Chief Public Relation Officer (CPRO) Gaurav Krishna Bansal said.
The driver, Bidyut Mondal, detected the fire and showing an exemplary presence of mind, stopped the train and immediately started taking safety measures.
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