Fire breaks out in maintenance train engine in Odisha's Dhenkanal

Fire broke out in a maintenance train engine at Joranda railway station in Dhenkanal district in Odisha on ThursdayUpon being informed personnel from the fire department rushed to the spot and brought the fire under controlThe personnel said that initial investigations show that the train could have caught fire due to a short circuit Further investigation is onAfter the incident railway operations at the Joranda railway station were disrupted with trains on both side halting at the crossing pointA video of the incident shows flames coming out of the engine which was used for electrical work by the Railwaysnbsp nbspNo casualties have yet been reported so far A coach of the Bhubaneswar-Howrah Jan Shatabdi Express had caught fire at Cuttack railway station on December 7 The fire was doused immediately and no one was injured in the incidentOne of the deadliest railway accidents of the country took place in Balasore district in Odisha in June last year after 290 people were killed when the Coromandel Express crashed into a stationary goods train derailing most of its coaches Soon after some of its derailed coaches fell onto the adjacent tracks and collided with the Yeshwantpur-Howrah Express that was in motionPublished By Ashutosh AcharyaPublished On Feb 22 2024Must Watch