Metro India News | tirupati

An unoccupied coach of a train under maintenance caught fire in Tirupati railway station on Monday, which was doused immediately. The fire incident happened at around 2pm and there was no human injury or loss of life, the railway official said. ‘Just one coach caught fire around 2pm. It was controlled very fast. The fire brigade came and controlled it immediately,’ the official told the news agency, adding that the cause of the fire will be ascertained after an enquiry.

Meanwhile, a release from the South Central Railway (SCR) Zone identified the train as Train number 04717 Hisar-Tirupati Special. Incident reported while taking the empty train into the stabling yard. During the shunting process, a fire was noticed in one general coach and was immediately isolated from the rest of the coaches and fire was doused,’ the release said. Further, it said that there was no disruption to train movement in Tirupati Railway Station.