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Bhopal-Delhi Vande Bharat train coach catches fire, all passengers safe

A fire erupted in a Bhopal-Delhi Vande Bharat Express coach at Kurwai Kethora station in Madhya Pradesh. However, railway officials reported that all passengers are safe, and the fire has been extinguished.

Bhopal-Delhi Vande Bharat train coach catches fire, all passengers safe

A fire broke out in a battery box in a carriage of the Vande Bharat train en route to New Delhi from Bhopal, the capital of Madhya Pradesh, on Monday morning. The fire broke out as a train bound for Nizamuddin, New Delhi, was leaving Rani Kamalapati station, formerly Habibganj.

A fire broke out in a battery box in a carriage of the Vande Bharat train en route to New Delhi from Bhopal, the capital of Madhya Pradesh, on Monday morning. The fire broke out as a train bound for Nizamuddin, New Delhi, was leaving Rani Kamalapati station, formerly Habibganj.

The bus had 20-22 passengers on board but was quickly transferred to another bus. A police officer told PTIS that no one was injured in the incident. He said some railway workers noticed a fire in the battery box of a C-12 car around 6:45 a.m. prompting the Rani Kamalapati-Hazrat Nizamuddin Vande Bharat train to move to Kurwai in Vidisha district.

The train stopped immediately between the train station and Kaitra station. A fire broke out in the battery box of one of the Vande Bharat Express buses at Kluwai Ketra station.

Firefighters were immediately dispatched to the scene, and all passengers were safely evacuated. Railway personnel carried out repair work. “It is reported that a fire broke out in the battery box of one of the vehicles of the Vande Bharat Express at Kuruwai Ketra station. Firefighters arrived on the scene and put out the fire,” the railway company said. Stated.

Photos from the incident showed some vehicles on fire and several people trying to put out the fire. Another image shows passengers waiting before a train at Kaawai Khetra station.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the Vande Bharat Express rail service in April between Madhya Pradesh’s Rani Kamrapati station and Delhi’s Hazrat Nizamuddin station. The train covers a distance of 701 kilometres. He travels 7 hours and 30 minutes and runs daily except Saturdays.

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