Eight injured as fire breaks out in New Delhi-Darbhanga Express near UP's Etawah
The Hindu
Fire broke out in New Delhi-Darbhanga Special Express near Etawah, UP. 8 injured, 3 coaches damaged. Fire tenders rushed to spot. Alert railway officials averted tragedy. Passengers evacuated & accommodated in remaining coaches. Train left for Kanpur at 8:18 pm.
A fire broke out in the New Delhi-Darbhanga Special Express train near Etawah in Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday evening, damaging three coaches and injuring eight passengers, according to officials.
The cause of the fire was not known immediately. Plumes of black smoke were seen billowing out from the coaches.
"While one coach was gutted in the fire, two adjacent ones were partially damaged and a fourth coach was filled with smoke. All the four coaches were detached from the train," a police official present at the spot said.
"Many passengers lost their belongings in the incident," he said.
Hours after the incident, the coach of another passenger train caught fire. The fire was reported around 2:40 am on Thursday when the Delhi-Saharasa Vaishali Express was passing through an area under the Friends Colony police station. Some were taken to the hosptial.
Uttar Pradesh Relief Commissioner Naveen Kumar said eight people, four of them from Bihar, were injured in the first fire and admitted to the Etawah district hospital.
"The nature of injuries and other details of these passengers are being ascertained," he said.