KOLKATA: A fireplace broke out in the engine of the Dibrugarh-bound Chandigarh-Dibrugarh Express at around 11 am on Friday morning near Chathaat in Phansidewa block of Darjeeling district underneath Siliguri subdivision.
The Chandigarh-Dibrugarh Express is a weekly superfast specific educate which connects Chandigarh in the north with the Tea City of India, Dibrugarh in higher Assam.
No casaulties were reported to this point.
As the motive force noticed smoke popping out of the engine, he pulled the emergency brakes and stopped the educate near Chathaat station.
Help was rushed in from New Jalpaiguri. Fire engines from Phansidewa and other within reach places went to the spot and taken the hearth underneath control. The educate is still stranded on the spot of the incident while extra give a boost to from NJP is on the approach.
Fearing blaze, many passengers jumped out of the educate. Unconfirmed resources mentioned many passengers were injured in the procedure.
“The web site where the incident occurred is so far off that there is virtually no cellular community there. We have sent our males and are sending additional give a boost to. We are waiting for the main points," mentioned Partha Pratim Roy, ADRM, NJP.
The Chandigarh-Dibrugarh Express is a weekly superfast specific educate which connects Chandigarh in the north with the Tea City of India, Dibrugarh in higher Assam.
No casaulties were reported to this point.
As the motive force noticed smoke popping out of the engine, he pulled the emergency brakes and stopped the educate near Chathaat station.
Help was rushed in from New Jalpaiguri. Fire engines from Phansidewa and other within reach places went to the spot and taken the hearth underneath control. The educate is still stranded on the spot of the incident while extra give a boost to from NJP is on the approach.
Fearing blaze, many passengers jumped out of the educate. Unconfirmed resources mentioned many passengers were injured in the procedure.
“The web site where the incident occurred is so far off that there is virtually no cellular community there. We have sent our males and are sending additional give a boost to. We are waiting for the main points," mentioned Partha Pratim Roy, ADRM, NJP.
Fire breaks out in Chandigarh-Dibrugarh Express
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March 22, 2019
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