- Wednesday, April 23, 2025
The incident happened near Pagidipalli in Yadadri Bhuvangiri district of the southern state of Telangana where a huge fire engulfed the coaches of the Hyderabad-bound Falaknuma Superfast Express.
By: Shubham Ghosh
JUST after over a month since the horrific three-train crash in Balasore district of the eastern Indian state of Odisha that killed nearly 300 people and injured more than 1,000, Indian Railways was witness to another potentially disastrous incident as two coaches of a passenger train caught fire on Friday (7) morning.
No casualties were reported.
The incident happened near Pagidipalli in Yadadri Bhuvangiri district of the southern state of Telangana where a huge fire engulfed the coaches of the Hyderabad-bound Falaknuma Superfast Express around 11 am local time. The train, which originates in Howrah in the eastern state of West Bengal, was about to reach the destination in an hour.
Two coaches of #FalaknumaExpress caught on fire near pagidipalli on Friday morning. No casualties reported.
The reason for the fire is yet to be ascertained.
This looks like a sabotage to malign the Government.
— Oxomiya Jiyori ?? (@SouleFacts) July 7, 2023
It was reported that two sleeper classes of the train (S4 and S5) caught fire due to a short circuit. The train was stopped immediately and senior officials, including the general manager of South Central Railway, Arun Kumar Jain, rushed to the spot. The fire had spread to some other coaches and four of them got damaged.
The affected coaches were detached from the train to avoid further damage. Fire officials had a tough time in reaching the spot as the incident took place in an isolated spot.
Alternative arrangements were made for the passengers of the train to reach the terminal station.
