Tamil Nadu Train Fire: Seven person dead after train coach catches fire at Madurai railway station
The Bharat Gaurav tourist train from Lucknow halted a kilometer from Madurai Railway Junction.
The fire siren went off at 6.30am and the emergency responders of Madurai Railway Junction rushed to the spot.
Photo: S Lenin
Eight passengers have died so far while the injured were being taken to Railway Hospital in the railway colony premises in the city.
Preliminary investigation revealed that the devotees were cooking using a gas cylinder in the coach. The fire spread from one compartment to another.
While most of the passengers managed to run away from the burning compartments, the elderly passengers could not make it to the exit in time and succumbed to the fire, said railway sources.
