At least nine pilgrims bound for Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu met with a tragic end on Saturday when a fire broke out inside a stationary train compartment at the railway station here in the small hours of Saturday, the Southern Railway said. While the Southern Railway initially put the toll at 10, it later revised it to nine (Pics/PTI)
Updated On: 2023-08-26 12:06 PM IST
Compiled by : ronak mastakar
The "private party coach" with 65 passengers had arrived from Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh
"10 persons reported dead," in the fire, a Southern Railway release said
Police, fire and rescue services personnel besides railway staff, involved in dousing the fire, extricated the charred bodies from the compartment
The fire broke out at 5.15 am on Saturday and the Fire service personnel who arrived at the spot half an hour later put down the blaze by 7.15 am, a Southern Railway release said
"This is a private party coach that was attached at Nagercoil Junction yesterday (Aug 25) by train no. 16730 (Punalur-Madurai Exp). Party coach was detached and kept at Madurai Stabling line. The passengers in the private party coach have....smuggled gas cylinder and this has caused the fire," the release said
