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In Photos: Nine killed in Tamil Nadu train fire mishap

Updated On: 26 August, 2023 12:06 PM IST | ronak mastakar

At least nine pilgrims bound for Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu met with a tragic end on Saturday when a fire broke out inside a stationary train compartment at the railway station here in the small hours of Saturday, the Southern Railway said. While the Southern Railway initially put the toll at 10, it later revised it to nine (Pics/PTI)

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At least nine pilgrims bound for Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu met with a tragic end on Saturday when a fire broke out inside a stationary train compartment at the railway station here in the small hours of Saturday, the Southern Railway said. While the Southern Railway initially put the toll at 10, it later revised it to nine (Pics/PTI)

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At least nine pilgrims bound for Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu met with a tragic end on Saturday when a fire broke out inside a stationary train compartment at the railway station here in the small hours of Saturday, the Southern Railway said. While the Southern Railway initially put the toll at 10, it later revised it to nine (Pics/PTI)
<p>The "private party coach" with 65 passengers had arrived from Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh</p>

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The "private party coach" with 65 passengers had arrived from Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh

<p>"10 persons reported dead," in the fire, a Southern Railway release said</p>

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"10 persons reported dead," in the fire, a Southern Railway release said

<p>Police, fire and rescue services personnel besides railway staff, involved in dousing the fire, extricated the charred bodies from the compartment</p>

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Police, fire and rescue services personnel besides railway staff, involved in dousing the fire, extricated the charred bodies from the compartment

<p>The fire broke out at 5.15 am on Saturday and the Fire service personnel who arrived at the spot half an hour later put down the blaze by 7.15 am, a Southern Railway release said</p>

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The fire broke out at 5.15 am on Saturday and the Fire service personnel who arrived at the spot half an hour later put down the blaze by 7.15 am, a Southern Railway release said

<p>"This is a private party coach that was attached at Nagercoil Junction yesterday (Aug 25) by train no. 16730 (Punalur-Madurai Exp). Party coach was detached and kept at Madurai Stabling line. The passengers in the private party coach have....smuggled gas cylinder and this has caused the fire," the release said</p>

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"This is a private party coach that was attached at Nagercoil Junction yesterday (Aug 25) by train no. 16730 (Punalur-Madurai Exp). Party coach was detached and kept at Madurai Stabling line. The passengers in the private party coach have....smuggled gas cylinder and this has caused the fire," the release said

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