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Four coaches of Karnataka Express catch fire in Delhi

The fire broke out in one coach around 3.30 p.m.
Another fire broke out about six coaches away

New Delhi: A mysterious fire gutted four coaches of the Bangalore-bound Karnataka Express on Wednesday hours ahead of its departure from New Delhi railway station.

“The fire broke out at around 3.30 p.m. in one of the sleeper coaches of the Karnataka Express,” a Railway official said and added: “within minutes another coach caught fire which was six coaches away from where the first fire broke out.”

No one was injured in the incident, the official said.

Six fire tenders which immediately rushed to the spot to douse the blaze faced difficulties as the train was stationed in between platform number 7 and 8.

“The fire spread to other bogies and completely gutted two coaches before being doused after more than one hour,” he said and added that the cause of the waire is not known.

As the news about fire spread, passengers got panicked.

Security forces were immediately deployed at all exit and entrance points of the station, he said.

“There was no one in the train when fire broke it,” an official of New Delhi railway station said. — PTI

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