Fire breaks out in Delhi-Dehradun Shatabdi express; no casualty reported

A fire broke out in the coach of Shatabdi Express coming from New Delhi to Dehradun yesterday afternoon. Loco pilots and guards stopped the train at the Kansrao railway station. After this, information was somehow given to the officials of Rajaji Tiger Reserve and Railways.

All passengers safe, passengers shifted to other coaches

It was told that the loco pilot stopped the train in the middle of the forest by putting an emergency brake before the fire could increase. Immediately coach C-5 was evacuated. With this, the coach was separated from the train and the other coaches were saved from being engulfed in the fire.

All passengers aboard this coach C-5 are safe. All the passengers of the coach were shifted to other coaches. After which the train left for Dehradun. In the wake of the incident, Eublanes has been sent outside Dehradun railway station.

Health workers and police are also stationed at the station. On the other hand, SDM Rishikesh reached Raiwala railway station with his team on the information of the incident.

There were 35 people in the coach. The incident is reported to be around 12:20 pm on Saturday. At the same time, the cause of the fire is being told as a short circuit.

According to the information received from the police, at 12:50 pm it was informed by the Rishikesh Control Room that a Shatabdi Express coach has caught fire near the railway station Kansrao. Stationer Raiwala Amarjit Singh Rawat reached with his team on the said information.