A major accident took place near Bhelwa railway station on Sunday. Please tell that a fire broke out in the engine of a DMU train near this station. This train was going from Raxaul to Narkatiaganj. However, the reason behind the fire is yet to be ascertained. According to the information revealed at the moment, all the passengers are safe. Because the fire did not spread beyond the engine.
On receiving the information, fire brigade vehicles reached the spot and started extinguishing the fire. According to the information, this accident happened near pool number 39 of Bhelahi in Raxaul. Where there was a fire in the passenger train number 05541. An investigation is underway into the fire.
#WATCH , Bihar: Fire broke out in the engine of a DMU train near Bhelwa railway station today. The train was going from Raxaul to Narkatiaganj. The cause of fire is yet to be ascertained. All passengers are safe, fire from the engine did not spread. Fire fighting ops are underway pic.twitter.com/2Hv6DwjJ8a
— ANI (@ANI) July 3, 2022
Let us inform that after the incident of fire in the engine, it was separated from the bogies, while the bogies were connected to another engine to reach Narkatiaganj.
A major accident was averted due to the mischief of thieves: Let us inform that earlier a major accident was averted between Purnia Court and Kenagar railway station on Purnia-Saharsa rail section in Bihar. Actually, electrification work is going on on the railway line. During this, the thieves had spread the wire on the track itself in the affair of stealing the electric wire. In such a situation, the loco pilot of passenger train 05225 going from Purnia to Saharsa showed his understanding and the accident was averted. This caused panic among the passengers for some time.
It is noteworthy that the loco pilot noticed the scattered and hanging wires on the railway track from a distance and stopped the train by applying brakes. After which the scattered wires were removed with the help of the driver and railway personnel and other people. Let us inform that even last week, unidentified thieves had cut the wire near Kriyanand Nagar railway station. Due to this the Kosi Express was halted for a long time.
Let us inform that in the midst of electrification work on the railway line in Bihar, thieves are carrying out the incident of wire cutting. Due to which there are reports of electric wires being scattered on the tracks.