At Kurwai Kethora railway station in Madhya Pradesh earlier on Monday, a coach of the Vande Bharat Express train traveling from Bhopal to Delhi’s Hazrat Nizamuddin Terminal caught fire. In any case, no injury was accounted for in the occurrence, news office PTI revealed.
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About the incident
According to the Indian Railways, a fire broke out in one of the coaches’ battery boxes as the train was leaving Rani Kamalapati station, which used to be called Habibganj, for Nizamuddin in New Delhi.
Around 7:10 a.m., the train came to a stop at Kurwai Kethora. All of the passengers were evacuated without being injured. The fire was put out by the local fire department when they arrived on the scene.
The electrical safety system disconnected the batteries as soon as the fire broke out. The batteries were taken out and the fire was smothered.
Authority’s statements
There were 37 travelers in the mentor and they were moved to different mentors right away
After the full assessment, the train was dispatched around 10:05am , an authority of the Indian Rail lines said.
“Fire unit arrived at the site on time and fire quenched at 07:58 am,” ANI cited the rail line official as saying.
The battery box is found very far away from the traveler region under the mentor, the authority said.
We were informed that the battery box of coach C-14 of Vande Bharat Express 20171, which travels from Rani Kamlapati Station to Hazrat Nizamuddin Terminal (Delhi), caught fire and produced smoke. At the Kurwai Kethora (railway) station, the train came to a stop. The fire detachment smothered the fire at 7:58 am,” Rahul Shrivastava, West Focal Rail line CPRO, said.
“Fire was restricted to battery box just and fire is stifle ed. The battery box is in the undergear, away from the passenger compartment. As the occurrence happened, electrical security frameworks disconnected the batteries. Fire doused and imperfect batteries taken off. “Train is prepared to move,” Railways stated.
About the Train
On Monday, at 5:40 a.m., the train 20171 Bhopal-Hazrat Nizamuddin Vande Bharat began its journey. The affected coach caught fire before reaching the Bina railway station.
A few conspicuous people including Congress pioneer AjaySingh were in that train.
The panic that ensued when the sound of fire was heard was described by passengers who were present at the incident.
“I heard the sound of fire emanating from beneath my seat in the C-14 coach,” stated one of the coaches’ passengers. Everyone dashed for safety at once. At the point when the train halted, I saw the battery box burning. We all disembarked with our belongings after informing the guard. He was enroute from Bhopal to Delhi.
The Vande Bharat train from Rani Kamalapati station here to Hazrat Nizamuddin was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on April 1 of this year.
The first Vande Bharat train to run through Madhya Pradesh is on the Rani Kamlapati-Nizamuddin route. Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled it on April 1st, which was four months ago.
The train at first made a trip to Agra on its lady process. Official activities initiated on April 2, with administrations profit ..
capable from Nizamuddin to Rani Kamalapati. On April 3, the train made its return process from Kamalapati to Nizamuddin.
