As per report fire officials said a major fire broke out in two coaches of the hyderabad-New delhi Telangana Express at a station in Haryana on Thursday, and no injuries have been reported yet. Meanwhile a senior railway official said the blaze in the train was reported at the Asaoti station at around 7:43 am in train number 12723, following which several fire tenders were rushed to the spot.
Furthermore the train had passed Asaoti station but it had to be stopped between Asaoti and Ballabgarh. Hence due to heavy smoke, movement on the track has also been stopped and the fire broke out from the brake binding of the wheels of the 9th coach, the official said, adding that two coaches caught fire and both have been isolated now. As a result of this, services on the track were briefly affected.
The officer said "All passengers were shifted to the front portion and the train departed at around 10.35 am. The services on the track have resumed". Previously in March this year, a train that was travelling from Bengaluru to Jamshedpur caught fire in the wee hours of March 5 in Andhra Pradesh’s East Godavari district. Meanwhile no casualties were reported even in that mishap, the pantry car of the train was reportedly destroyed in the fire.
