Tension as local train catches fire

May 20, 2012 - Amrita Didyala and Mohammad Shareef |

Hyderabad

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A fire in Falaknuma-Umdanagar local train, stationed on Platform No. 3 of Falaknuma Railway Station, resulted in interruption of train services between Falaknuma and Umdanagar, and Umdanagar and Kacheguda for several hours on Saturday afternoon.

The incident brought to halt four MMTS and 10 general trains. Two coaches of the train that caught fire were completely gutted, while a third was partially damaged. Railway officials said there were very few passengers on the train, who were taken off safely.

According to officials, the fire most likely spread from the engine. The driver, who tried to douse it with the extinguisher, was unable to bring the blaze under control and it soon spread to the coaches next. The stationmaster spotted the blaze and alerted the city fire control room, which immediately sent a fire tender from Chandulal Baradari fire station. Joined subsequently by a fire tender each from Moghalpura and Musheerabad fire stations, the firemen took about three hours to bring the blaze under control.

SCR orders probe into fire mishap at Falaknuma
District fire officer Khaja Kareemuddin said the control room received a call at around 12.30 pm about the fire at Falaknuma railway station. “When we reached, the first coach was already damaged and fire was spreading fast to the second coach,” the Chandulal

Baradari station fire officer Sudharshan Reddy, said. “We managed to control the blaze before it reached the third coach.” South Central Railway officials have ordered a detailed inquiry into the incident to learn what triggered the fire. Meanwhile, MMTS local trains Lingampally to Falaknuma (No.s 47189, 47215) and Falaknuma to Lingampally (No.s 47169, 47216) were partially cancelled between Kacheguda and Falaknuma due to the incident.

Among general trains, Falaknuma to Umdanagar (No.s 77632, 77633, 77634), Umdanagar to Falaknuma (No.s 77642, 77643, 77645), Secunderabad to Manoharabad (No. 77613), Manoharabad to Secunderabad (No. 77628), Falaknuma to Hyderabad (No. 47199) Hyderabad to Lingampally (47144) were cancelled.

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