Telangana: Fire Reported In Spare Coaches Near Secunderabad Railway Overbridge

The fire accident prompted a swift response from firefighting teams who managed to douse the flames.

However, no casualties or injuries were reported.

A fire broke out in a spare pantry coach and an AC coach placed near a railway overbridge close to Rail Nilayam in Secunderabad. The incident prompted a swift response from firefighting teams, who managed to douse the flames.

No casualties or injuries were reported.

D Mohan Rao, Station Fire Officer in Secunderabad, provided details of the incident, stating, "We received a fire call from the fire control room around 10:50 am. We rushed here immediately and extinguished the fire. One pantry coach and one AC coach, which were spare and kept here on track, had caught fire. No injuries or loss of life were reported."

#WATCH | Telangana: A spare pantry coach and an AC coach kept near railway overbridge near Rail Nilayam in Secunderabad caught fire. The fire was soon doused off by the fire tenders. No casualties or injuries were reported. pic.twitter.com/zMaOgLLxb4

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In July last year, three coaches of Falaknuma Express caught fire while crossing Yadadri district in Telangana. 

When the fire broke out, the Howrah-to-Secunderabad train was halted near Bommaialli village. The passengers narrowly escaped by jumping out of the compartments before the flames spread. Thick black smoke engulfed coaches S3, S4, and S5.

 

Meanwhile, train services on both the up and down lines at Rangapani near West Bengal's New Jalpaiguri station were fully restored on Tuesday, following a goods train ramming into the Kanchanjunga Express from behind, which resulted in the demise of 10 persons.

Divisional Railway Manager of Katihar, S. Kumar, stated that electrical traction was restored at the accident site, and trains with electric locomotives began operating on the stretch on Tuesday afternoon. He mentioned that trains were moving through the accident spot with speed restrictions, after repairs to the tracks and other components.