A fire incident in the Bhopal-Delhi Vande Bharat Express on early Monday morning made headlines. According to initial reports, the battery box in the Vande Bharat Express caught on fire which was successfully extinguished at around 7:58 am.
There were 20-22 passengers in the coach and they were shifted to other coaches immediately, an official told PTI. Fortunately all the passengers travelling in the semi-high-speed train were reported to be safe.
The incident reportedly occurred at Kurwai Kethora station in Madhya Pradesh, just when it was about to reach Bina railway station.
The PTI report said that some of the railway staffers noticed the fire at around 6.45 am in the battery box of C-12 coach following which the Rani Kamalapati-Hazrat Nizamuddin Vande Bharat train was immediately stopped between Kurwai and Kaithora stations in Vidisha district.
The Indian railways said that no injuries were reported and the fire was limited to the box only. The train will be dispatched soon.