PTI, GWALIOR: Two coaches of the New Delhi-Visakhapatnam AP Express today caught fire near the Birlanagar station in this district, but the passengers escaped unhurt, officials said.
Some passengers noticed smoke in a coach and pulled the emergency chain in the nick of time to alight to safety. Later, fire tenders put out the blaze.
Two coaches — B-6 and B-7 — of train No. 22416 (New Delhi – Visakhapatnam), a fully air-conditioned express, caught fire at around 11.45 am, North Central Railway’s (NCR) Chief Public Relations Officer Gaurav Krishna Bansal said.
Thirty-seven deputy collectors, who were returning from a training, were on board the train, but they were not injured in the incident, an official said.
The fire damaged the B-6 and B-7 coaches, Gwalior District Superintendent of Police Navneet Bhasin told PTI.
The damaged coaches were later detached from the train, Senior Divisional Commercial Manager, Jhansi, Vipin Kumar Singh said.
The train, with the remaining 12 AC coaches, left for its onward journey at 3.55 pm. Two AC coaches would be attached to the train at the Itarsi railway junction, he said.
