According to the railway officials, all passengers were evacuated without harm, and the fire was doused timely. A probe was initiated to ascertain the cause of the fire.
A massive fire has been reported in some coaches of the Gandhi Dham Express while it was passing from Bongaigaon in Assam.
All passengers were safely evacuated from the affected coach. No casualties have been reported, though some passengers experienced minor injuries during the evacuation process.
A massive fire erupted in a coach of the Taj Express near the Sarita Vihar Police Station, causing widespread alarm and significant disruption. The blaze broke out as the train was passing near the Sarita Vihar area, a densely populated region, adding to the immediate response required.
At least four people were killed, including two children, and several others were injured after four coaches of the Benapole Express train in Dhaka's Gopibagh area were set ablaze on Friday. This happened two days before the Bangladesh national elections, which has created a political turmoil.
The miscreants set on fire three compartments of the Dhaka-bound inter-district Mohanganj Express early morning shortly after the train left the Airport Railway Station at the entry point of the capital, police and witnesses said.
A fire erupted in the S6 compartment of the Delhi-Saharsa Vaishali Superfast Express in Uttar Pradesh's Etawah, resulting in injuries to 19 passengers.
Three coaches of the New Delhi-Darbhanga Special Express were damaged after a fire broke out in the train near Etawah in Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday evening.
A local train going towards Godhra caught fire in Gujarat's Dahod. The blaze erupted in one of the coaches of the Dahod Anand Memu train at the Jakot railway station.
Madurai train fire: Southern Railway announced an ex-gratia of Rs 10 lakh to the kin of those who lost their lives in the Madurai coach fire incident. It also announced Rs 2 lakh each for the grievously injured passengers and Rs 50,000 for those with minor injuries.
A train caught fire at Pagdipalli near Nalgonda in Telangana. In no time, the fire spread to three coaches.
Kerala train fire incident: The suspect, identified as Shahrukh Saifi, has been accused of setting fellow passengers ablaze on a moving train which claimed three lives.
The fire started in the train, which left Saharanpur at 5.30 am, on its way to Delhi. When the train reached Daurala, about 90 km short of its destination Delhi, smoke was seen rising from a compartment.
The passengers managed to come out by breaking the window panes, local Saraichola police station in-charge Rishikesh Sharma said.
Commenting on the incident, an official said the train was stopped at Asaoti railway station in Haryana.
The entire coach got engulfed in flames within a short span and thick black smoke emanated from its windows, according to railway officials. The blaze was doused after some time and train services on the route resumed within two hours, Karandikar said.
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.
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