Fire broke out in the lower part of the general bogie of Patna-Bandra Superfast Express train (22972) on Wednesday (18 December) night. This incident happened before Dumraon station due to which there was chaos among the passengers. After the information, the fire brigade team reached the spot and then the fire could be controlled. In this way a big accident was averted.

…and the train was stopped at Dumraon station

It is being told that Patna-Bandra Superfast Express was passing through Tudiganj railway station of Buxar at around 1 o'clock in the night. At the same time, the railway employees on duty at the station saw the flames of fire in the lower part of the general bogie. They immediately informed the railway control room and the fire brigade about this. After this, the train was stopped at the next station (Dumraon). Here the fire brigade personnel brought the fire under control.

The fire broke out between the wheel and the axle

According to the information received, the fire broke out between the wheel and the axle of the LHB coach of the train. On the instructions of the railway officials, water was not used so that the wheel and coolant do not get jammed. The fire was controlled using fire extinguisher cylinders. After the incident, the bogie of the train which caught fire was separated from the other bogies. After this, the train was sent to Bandra after three hours.

On this entire matter, RPF post in-charge Deepak Kumar told on the phone that the causes of the accident are being investigated. A major accident was averted due to the promptness of the fire brigade and railway staff at the time of the incident. RPF Inspector Deepak Kumar also said that there were no casualties in the incident. A major accident was averted due to the promptness of the officials at the time of the incident.