UP: Fire breaks out in Lucknow-Delhi Mail

India's most luxurious train, Lucknow-Delhi Mail was on its way to New Delhi when a fire broke out in one of its AC coaches in the early hours of Friday. The reason behind the fire was that the wheels touche the brake shoe of the train. Meanwhile, no casualty has been reported.

Hardoi: A fire broke out at the AC coach of the Lucknow Delhi Mail in the early hours of Friday.

While the train was on its way to Delhi, the AC coach of 13123 C with 72 passengers in it caught flame.

Passengers have started to come out of the train in a panic to save their lives after the train reached the Hardoi railway station in the Moradabad division.

Passengers collected their luggage from the compartment and jumped out in a hurry, by seeing that those who were waiting in the platform got afraid of the situation.

Yet no casualty has been reported to the police.

After being saved, passengers were refusing to travel further in the burning train.

As soon as the technical team has arrived at the spot, the fire was taken under control.

Rajeshwar, a technician told media that the reason behind the fire was that the wheels touche the brake shoe of the train.

A major accident could have been occurred due to fire, said the technician.

Moreover, the Railway Protection Force (RPF) and the Government Railway Police (GRP) teams got together to control the situation as well as took care of the passengers.

After this mishap, a temporary disorder was created across the platform premises.

Though, the RPF, GRP as well as the local police were also deployed in large numbers on the spot to rehabilitate normalcy.