A new incident of fire breaking out on a train came to light. The three coaches of a train caught fire, as per the reports, the train was empty. The incident took place in Bihar's Madhubani Railway station.



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The train reported in the incident is Swatantrata Senani Express. It connects Jayanagar to New Delhi. After the incident was reported, police and officials immediately reached the spot dousing the fire. The fire has been brought under control.


According to eastern railway CPRO, no injuries were reported as the train was empty. The fire first caught two coaches on the train at 9.13 a.m. Soon, it spread to the third coach, he said.

"We immediately swung into action and doused the blaze with the help of the district fire brigade at 9.50 a.m. The train was empty at the time of the mishap, so no casualty was reported," he said.

Sadar SDO Ashwani Kumar, Sadar SDPO Rajiv Kumar and town police station Amit Kumar were also involved in the rescue operation. "An inquiry has been initiated to ascertain the actual cause of the mishap," he said.


With inputs from ANI and IANS


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