Fire in Bhopal-Delhi Vande Bharat Express coach in Madhya Pradesh, 22 passengers onboard

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At the Madhya Pradesh train station at Kurwai Kethora, a Vande Bharat Express train coach traveling from Bhopal to Delhi’s Hazrat Nizamuddin Terminal caught fire earlier on Monday. Per news agency PTI, the event did not result in any reported injuries.

According to news agency ANI, all passengers are secure, and the fire has been put out.

The fire was reported in the battery box of one of the coaches, according to the Indian Railways, when the train departed from Rani Kamalapati station in New Delhi, formerly known as Habibganj, in the direction of Nizamuddin.

An Indian Railways official reported that the train was dispatched at roughly 10:05 am following the thorough inspection.

According to ANI, the railway official said that the fire department arrived at the scene in good time and put out the fire at 7:58 am.

“We learned that coach C-14 of the Vande Bharat Express 20171, which runs from Rani Kamlapati Station to Hazrat Nizamuddin Terminal (Delhi), had a fire and smoke incident. At Kurwai Kethora station, the train came to a stop. At 7:58 am, the fire was put out by the fire department, according to West Central Railway CPRO Rahul Shrivastava.

According to PTI, there were 20 to 22 passengers on the bus when it was quickly moved to other coaches.

An official informed PTI that the Rani Kamalapati-Hazrat Nizamuddin Vande Bharat train was promptly stopped between Kurwai and Kaithora stations in Vidisha district after some railway employees discovered the fire at around 6.45 am in the battery box of the C-12 coach.

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