Delhi-Vizag Exp train catches fire
Passengers Were Safely Evacuated
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Bhopal/Agra: 21.05.2018
On Monday afternoon, two coaches of the Visakhapatnam-bound Andhra Pradesh AC Superfast Express train caught fire just 3km from Gwalior junction. No injuries were reported among the passengers, including 40 deputy collectors of Madhya Pradesh, who were travelling from Delhi’s Nizamuddin station.
The fire occurred in the B6 and B7 coaches of the train. While train services along the route were affected, all the passengers were safely evacuated and taken to Gwalior in specially arranged buses.
Sanchit Tyagi, divisional commercial manager of Agra division said, “The fire broke out at around noon and railway fire tenders doused the flames by 1pm. Though the actual cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained. The incident occurred at Birlanagar junction.”
Tyagi added, “A total of 81 passengers boarded the train from Agra Cantt station, but only seven had reserved berths in B6 and B7 coaches. All the passengers alighted safely from the train. After detaching the affected coaches, the train departed from Birla Nagar at 2.30pm and arrived at Gwalior junction at 2.53pm.” An inquiry has been ordered by the ministry of railways and senior railway officials are investigating the incident.
LUCKY ESCAPE: Smoke billows out of the two bogies of Andhra Pradesh AC Superfast Express which caught fire near a station in Gwalior on Monday
Passengers Were Safely Evacuated
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Bhopal/Agra: 21.05.2018
On Monday afternoon, two coaches of the Visakhapatnam-bound Andhra Pradesh AC Superfast Express train caught fire just 3km from Gwalior junction. No injuries were reported among the passengers, including 40 deputy collectors of Madhya Pradesh, who were travelling from Delhi’s Nizamuddin station.
The fire occurred in the B6 and B7 coaches of the train. While train services along the route were affected, all the passengers were safely evacuated and taken to Gwalior in specially arranged buses.
Sanchit Tyagi, divisional commercial manager of Agra division said, “The fire broke out at around noon and railway fire tenders doused the flames by 1pm. Though the actual cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained. The incident occurred at Birlanagar junction.”
Tyagi added, “A total of 81 passengers boarded the train from Agra Cantt station, but only seven had reserved berths in B6 and B7 coaches. All the passengers alighted safely from the train. After detaching the affected coaches, the train departed from Birla Nagar at 2.30pm and arrived at Gwalior junction at 2.53pm.” An inquiry has been ordered by the ministry of railways and senior railway officials are investigating the incident.
LUCKY ESCAPE: Smoke billows out of the two bogies of Andhra Pradesh AC Superfast Express which caught fire near a station in Gwalior on Monday
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