Kolkata: Hundreds of passengers of a
Metro train had to be evacuated today as a precautionary
measure after smoke billowed out from the bottom of a coach,
officials said.
As the train arrived at Maidan station from Kavi
Subhas station, rail staff detected smoke billowing from the
bottom of a coach at 11.53 am apparently due to friction in
the brake-binding system, Metro Railway's DGM Protyush Ghosh said.
As a precautionary measure, the passengers were
evacuated and accommodated in another train.
Movement of trains, however, were not hampered.
PTI
First Published: Tuesday, February 21, 2012, 17:37