Major accident in Gujarat, fire in moving train, passengers narrowly escaped

Gujarat Train Fire: An incident of fire in a moving train between Bharuch and Ankleshwar in Gujarat has come to light. According to the information, Mumbai Amritsar Express has caught fire due to short circuit. Panic spread among the passengers as smoke started coming out of the train near Silver Bridge in Bharuch Short circuit in the second coach from the engine suddenly caused a fire, seeing the smoke coming out; the passengers panicked and got down from the train. The train stopped for 45 minutes.

Train caught fire between Bharuch and Ankleshwar in Gujarat

On receiving information about the incident, the fire brigade and police reached the spot and controlled the fire. However, no passenger was injured in the incident.

12925 Mumbai Central-Amritsar Paschim Exp was stopped between Ankleshwar - Bharuch stations from 17:03 - 17.35 hrs due to some smoke detected in GS coach (second from engine).

Train departed from site at 17:35 hrs and taken in loop line at Bharuch for further investigation at…

— Western Railway (@WesternRly) November 12, 2024

The fire brigade as well as the police are present at the spot, there are no casualties at the moment. The train was going from Mumbai to Amritsar.

Fire in moving train

However, employees present in the train informed the Bharuch Fire Brigade about the fire. The Bharuch fire department and train personnel who reached the spot controlled the fire after a lot of effort. The passengers were seated in other coaches and the train was brought to Bharuch station. The incident happened on Tuesday at 5:30 pm. It is being told about the incident that there was a sudden short circuit in the train and a fire broke out. Due to action taken shortly after the fire, a major accident was averted and according to the information, all the passengers are safe.

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Fire broke out due to a short circuit

The train, which was going from Mumbai Central to Amritsar, was stopped between Ankleshwar and Bharuch from 17:03 to 17:35. After this, the train was taken to the loop line in Bharuch and investigated. It is a matter of relief that there was no major damage in this incident and all the passengers remained safe.