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Passenger Train Halted in Odisha After Smoke Detected in AC Coach

© AFP 2023 PUNIT PARANJPEA railway worker stands on the roof of a service carriage to restore overhead electrical supply wires at the accident site of a three-train collision near Balasore, about 200 km (125 miles) from the state capital Bhubaneswar in the eastern state of Odisha, on June 4, 2023.
A railway worker stands on the roof of a service carriage to restore overhead electrical supply wires at the accident site of a three-train collision near Balasore, about 200 km (125 miles) from the state capital Bhubaneswar in the eastern state of Odisha, on June 4, 2023. - Sputnik India, 1920, 06.06.2023
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A deadly three-train involving two passenger trains and a goods train crashed on Friday evening in Balasore of Odisha. The tragic incident resulted into death of more than 270 people while 1,100 were injured.
A train was halted in Brahmapur railway station in Odisha on Tuesday after passengers travelling in it noticed smoke in an AC compartment and alerted the officials about it, officials said.
“It was reported that a minor electrical issue occurred in the coach no. B-5 of Secunderabad-Agartala Express near Brahmapur station. The staff on duty attended to the issue immediately and rectified it,” a East Coast Railway (ECoR) official said.
He further added that the smoke was controlled immediately but the passengers were so much in panic that they refused to travel in the coach as they feared electrical breakdown. They demanded that the coach should be replaced.
On Monday, a goods train plying on a privately-run rail track got derailed in Bargarh area of Western Odisha. However, no casualties were reported.
Five railcars of a goods train carrying limestone derailed near Sambharadah in the Bargadh district of Odisha - Sputnik India, 1920, 05.06.2023
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