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Posted: Jan 08 2014 (07:30)
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Last Response: Jan 12 2014 (07:35)
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Morning tragic news
NEW DELHI: At least five people were feared dead as three bogies of Bandra-Dehradun Express caught fire in early hours of Wednesday.
According to reports, the train caught fire near Dahanu railway station in Maharashtra's Thane district.
The fire broke out in coaches S3, S4, S5. The exact reason of the fire is yet to be ascertained. Fire fighting teams...
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NEW DELHI: At least five people were feared dead as three bogies of Bandra-Dehradun Express caught fire in early hours of Wednesday.
According to reports, the train caught fire near Dahanu railway station in Maharashtra's Thane district.
The fire broke out in coaches S3, S4, S5. The exact reason of the fire is yet to be ascertained. Fire fighting teams...
more...
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Then fire extinguishers of dry chemical type must be provided in every coach.
Update:
MUMBAI: Nine people were charred to death when a fire broke out in three coaches of Mumbai-Dehradun Express train near Dahanu road in neighbouring Thane district in the wee hours of Wednesday.
Among the nine dead, one is a woman and four are men while the rest were yet to be identified, said Western Railway PRO Sharat Chandra.
Four persons have...
more...
MUMBAI: Nine people were charred to death when a fire broke out in three coaches of Mumbai-Dehradun Express train near Dahanu road in neighbouring Thane district in the wee hours of Wednesday.
Among the nine dead, one is a woman and four are men while the rest were yet to be identified, said Western Railway PRO Sharat Chandra.
Four persons have...
more...
This means the train stopped at Bordi Road stn just few kms from Gujarat and near border.
Railways should install high force sprinklers like the one in cruises and navy ships which douses blazing fire within 10 seconds.
routine maintenance needs to be done properly and as scheduled. if this happened on a train which spends 19 hours in the yard, what about the one's that have a short 3-4 hour turnaround or rsa? indian railways wake up please.