Patiala: Multiple bogies of the Amritsar–New Jalpaiguri Karmabhoomi Express (Train Number 12508) caught fire near Sarai Banjara railway station on the Rajpura-Sirhind railway section in Patiala District of Punjab on Friday, triggering panic among the passengers and the locals of the area.
According to preliminary reports, the fire might have been caused by a short circuit inside one of the compartments. This quickly spread into two other compartments, eventually gutting a total of four coaches.
Other compartments in the train were separated with the ones that caught on fire.
Upon being notified of the fire, the loco pilot applied emergency brakes and let passengers evacuate.
There are no casualties reported at the time of writing. The passengers were seen jumping out of the train and moving away from it across adjacent wheat fields,according to the videos that emerged of the incident.
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