Bhopal-Delhi Vande Bharat train coach catches fire, no causality

All the 37 passengers in the coach of the Bhopal-Delhi Vande Bharat Express were shifted to other coaches after the fire broke out, the official said.The battery box in a coach of the Bhopal-Delhi Vande Bharat Express heading from Madhya Pradesh capital Bhopal to New Delhi caught fire on Monday morng. No injury was reported to anyone in the incident, an official said. (PTI)

When it was passing through Kalhar station, the station manager noticed smoke billowing out from the battery box of the C-14 coach following which he alerted senior officials and the train was stopped at Kurwai-Kaithora station, the official said in a statement. Fire brigade personnel extinguished the blaze by 7.58 am, the official said.  

The batteries were removed and the fire was extinguished, he said. Later, the railway staff conducted repairs and the train resumed its onward journey at around 10.15 am, officials said. (PTI)A minor fluctuation in the water level cannot be ruled out due to rains in catchment areas upstream of the national capital.  (HT Photo/Sunil Ghosh)

Senior Congress leader and former leader of Opposition in the MP Assembly Ajay Singh, who was also travelling in the train to Gwalior, said the train stopped as soon as the fire was noticed.People got down to see what happened. All passengers are safe. The train resumed its journey after remaining stranded for nearly three-and-a-half hours,” Mr. Singh told PTI over phone.