Fire Breaks Out In Express Train At Vizag Station, 3 Coaches Damaged

There were no casualties in the Korba-Visakhapatnam Express as all the passengers had deboarded by the time the fire was detected.

Three air-conditioned coaches of an empty stationary express train were gutted in a fire accident at Visakhapatnam Railway Station on Sunday, police said. There were no casualties in the Korba-Visakhapatnam Express (18517) as all the passengers had deboarded by the time the fire was detected.

The train had arrived on platform number four from Chhattisgarh's Korba in the morning and was to depart for Tirupati later.

A railway official said the Korba Express arrived at 6.30 a.m. and had to go for maintenance to the coaching depot. The train was locked and power was shut down, he said.