Andhra train fire kills 32 passengers in sleep
At least 32 passengers were charred to death, most of them in sleep, and eight injured when the speeding Secunderabad-Kakinada Gouthami Express train caught fire in Warangal district of Andhra Pradesh in the wee hours on Friday. The fire broke out in a sleeper coach at 0115 hours near Kesamudram railway station, about 200 kms from Hyderabad, and soon spread to four other bogies leading to heavy casualties, Chief PRO of South Central Railways P Krishnaiah told reporters.
