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Five bogies of train destroyed in fire

Staff Reporter

Miraculous escape for passengers; delay in departure comes as a boon

PTI

BURNING TRAIN: The Chennai-Hyderabad Express engulfed in flames at Secunderabad on Sunday.

HYDERABAD: Passengers of the Chennai-Hyderabad Express had a miraculous escape as five bogies of the train were completely destroyed in a fire, which broke out in one of the compartments minutes after the train left Secunderabad Railway Station on Sunday morning.

There were no casualties as many of them got down at Secunderabad itself following an official announcement that the train's departure for Hyderabad would be delayed by an hour. Fire reportedly broke out in S9 coach and spread to the adjoining S6, S7, S8 and S10 coaches. As the bogies went up in flames, the train came to a halt when an alert passenger in S10 coach pulled the chain and the 25-odd passengers in the coach jumped to safety. Railway personnel delinked the train from the burning coaches and prevented further damage.

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