Train Fire Tragedy

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  How A Railways Gateman Detected Smoke And Averted A Big Tragedy In Agra

  Had gateman Yashpal Singh, a retired army officer posted at one of the railway level crossings near Bhandai station, not acted in nick of time and alerted his higher-ups, the fire in Patalkot Express coaches would have turned into a major tragedy.

• Andhra Pradesh train fire: Forensic experts begin investigations

  Forensic experts today began examination and collecting evidence from the ill-fated AC coach of the Bangalore-Nanded Express that caught fire yesterday.

• Andhra Pradesh train tragedy: 20 of 26 bodies identified, relatives wait for DNA confirmation

  Bangalore's Victoria Hospital became the centre of grief as family and friends of those who died in Saturday morning's horrific train fire in Andhra Pradesh waited to claim the bodies that were brought here yesterday afternoon.

• Rs five lakh ex-gratia for Andhra Pradesh train fire victims

  Railway Minister Mallikarjuna Kharge has announced ex-gratia payment of Rs 5 lakh to the kin of those killed in a fire in the coaches of Bangalore-Nanded Express early on Saturday.

• Andhra Pradesh train fire tragedy: 'We woke up to burning sensation', recounts survivor

  "We were asleep... All of a sudden, we all woke up to a burning sensation," said a survivor.

• Arizona wildfire: Investigators launch probe into the death of 19 firefighters

  Fire investigators in central Arizona launched a probe on Monday into how wind-driven flames closed in on and killed 19 specially trained firemen in a tragedy that marked the greatest loss of life among firefighters in a US wildland blaze in 80 years.

• 18 train fire victims remain unidentified

  Eighteen of the 32 people who died in the Tamil Nadu Express fire in Andhra Pradesh on Monday are yet to be unidentified even as a forensic team on Tuesday inspected the gutted coach. Relatives of missing passengers, who are believed to have perished in the disaster, are reaching Nellore, where the tragedy struck, for identification.

• Railways Minister Mukul Roy under attack after Tamil Nadu Express fire

  The Railways has already seen at least four train tragedies this year. And on Monday, India woke up to yet another after the S-11 coach of the Tamil Nadu Express caught fire, killing 28 people.

• I ran for my life in pitch darkness: Train tragedy survivor

  It was a harrowing experience for Chennai-bound Tamil Nadu Express passengers as they saw people burning inside the ill-fated coach.

• 'It was all over in seconds': Train tragedy survivor

  Most of them were fast asleep, while some were awake waiting to reach their destination in another three hours, when a ghastly fire cut short their life's journey in a few seconds.

• Doon Express fire: Anxious relatives wait for train in Dehradun

  The Howrah-Dehradun express which was struck by a fire tragedy on Tuesday is expected to reach Dehradun today. Seven people including 2 children were killed when the train caught fire yesterday in Giridih in Jharkhand. 30 people were injured in the fire. Relatives in Dehradun are waiting anxiously for those who miraculously survived the fire which ...