Fire Spotted in Durg-Puri Express in Odisha, No Casualties Reported

GG News Bureau

Bhubaneswar, 9th June. A fire was spotted in an air-conditioned coach of Durg-Puri Express on Thursday in Nuapada district of Odisha, leaving passengers frightened, the East Coast Railway said.

No casualties were reported from the incident.

The East Coast Railway said in a statement that smoke was spotted in the train’s B3 coach as it approached the Khariar Road station this evening.

“The brake pads caught fire due to friction and incomplete release of brakes. The fire was confined to brake pads. There was no damage,” the railway said.

The problem was rectified in less than an hour and the train departed the station at 11 pm, it said.

The incident caused panic among passengers, and the majority of them fled the train.

It happened just days after one of the country’s worst train accidents, which occurred at the Bahanaga Bazar station in Odisha’s Balasore district, killing 288 people and injuring over 1,100 others in a crash involving the Bengaluru-Howrah Superfast Express, Shalimar-Chennai Central Coromandel Express, and a goods train.