Patna, Oct. 18 -- (Ld)
Chandigarh, Oct 18 (IANS) A major tragedy was averted with the intervention of railway employees as a fire broke out in one of the AC coaches of the Amritsar-Saharsa Express (train 12204) at the Sirhind station in Punjab.
However, no one was injured during the incident.
The cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained. However, the train resumed its journey after safety checks towards Saharsa in Bihar.
Upon detecting the smoke, the railway employees safely evacuated all passengers from the burning coach and moved them to another coach in the train.
Emergency teams also extinguished the fire, preventing it from spreading further. According to railway officials, the fire was noticed around 7.30 a.m.
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