Panic after smoke comes out of Kolkata Metro rake, no casualties

Fumes were seen coming out of a Dum Dum bound air-conditioned rake of the Kolkata Metro Railway on Friday, triggering panic among the commuters.

Kolkata (WB): Panic gripped hundreds of passengers of Dum Dum bound air-conditioned rake of the Kolkata Metro Railway on Friday after the Metro train caught fire near Rabindra Sadan here.

As per sources, the smoke was seen billowing out of the train which had just started off from Netaji Bhavan station towards the next station, Rabindra Sadan.

Passengers pulled the emergency chain after noticing smoke coming out from the side of the vestibule between the third and fourth coaches of a train after it left Netaji Bhavan station towards Rabindra Sadan at 4.20 pm, the official said.

Railway Protection Force (RPF) personnel boarded the train at Rabindra Sadan station and with the help of extinguishers in the air-conditioned coach, doused the fire that caused the smoke.

Passengers were disembarked from the train and the empty rake left for Noapara carshed at 4.27 pm.

(With inputs from PTI)