Nearly 50 people had a narrow escape on Friday as a newly introduced toy train caught fire at Odisha’s Nandankanan Zoological Park, a senior official said.
Short circuit is suspected to be the cause of the blaze in the moving toy train, he said.
It was immediately brought to a stop after smoke was seen emanating from the engine, and all the people onboard escaped unhurt, deputy director of the park, Sanjit Kumar, said.
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The toy train with four bogies of 74-passenger capacity, was introduced on October 8, after a gap of several years. The project was set up at a cost of ₹3.05 crore.
RITES Ltd, a central PSU under the Ministry of Railways, is in charge of operation and track maintenance of the toy train at NandanKanan Zoo.
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