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."
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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.