{"id":481223,"date":"2023-07-17T10:01:17","date_gmt":"2023-07-17T04:31:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/?p=481223"},"modified":"2023-07-17T10:01:26","modified_gmt":"2023-07-17T04:31:26","slug":"vande-bharat-fire-bhopal-new-delhi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/india-news\/vande-bharat-fire-bhopal-new-delhi\/","title":{"rendered":"Vande Bharat train coach on the Bhopal-New Delhi line catches fire; passengers evacuated"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On Monday morning, a coach on the Vande Bharat train travelling from Bhopal to Delhi caught fire. When the train left New Delhi&#8217;s Rani Kamalapati station, formerly known as Habibganj, for Nizamuddin, fire broke out in a factory which also caught in the train\u2019s coach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At Kurwai Kethora station, a fire started in the battery compartment of one of the Vande Bharat Express coaches. All passengers were securely evacuated after a team of fire department officers was summoned to the scene.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to a statement from Railways, at the Kurwai Kethora stop, a Vande Bharat Express carriage reportedly caught fire in the battery box. The fire was put out by the time the fire brigade arrived on the scene.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WATCH?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WATCH<\/a> | Madhya Pradesh | A fire was reported in battery box of one of the coaches in a Vande Bharat Express at Kurwai Kethora station. Fire brigade reached the site and extinguished the fire. All passengers are safe. No injuries reported. The fire is limited to Battery Box Only.\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/E2s9ED99VH\">pic.twitter.com\/E2s9ED99VH<\/a><\/p>&mdash; ANI MP\/CG\/Rajasthan (@ANI_MP_CG_RJ) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ANI_MP_CG_RJ\/status\/1680777480477736963?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 17, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Pictures from the incident showed one of the coaches on fire, and there were people nearby trying to put it out. At the Kurwai Kethora station, more images depict passengers standing in front of the train.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In April, the Vande Bharat Express train service between Hazrat Nizamuddin Railway Station in Delhi and Rani Kamlapati Railway Station in Madhya Pradesh was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The train runs every day except Saturday and travels a distance of 701 kilometres in 7 hours and 30 minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After this incident came to light several people taking to Twitter tweeted about it. People thanked Indian Railways for taking quick action on the incident and transferring passengers to a safe place. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Thanks Indian Railways for quick action. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Ijmd5DBkUs\">pic.twitter.com\/Ijmd5DBkUs<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Rajesh kumar (@Rajeshksayal84) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Rajeshksayal84\/status\/1680779081124835328?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 17, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>One passenger who was on board said everything is now under control. Every passenger is secure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, some sections of the users were also there who said that every time Vande Bharat has some issues. 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