Fire in Hwrah-Dehradun Express

Fire in Doon Express a four-year-old girl and her mother were killed when two coaches of the of  Howrah-Dehradun Express in Jaharkhand’s Giridih district in the wee hours today, senior officials of East Central Railway said.

The fire was spotted in the coach between Parasnath and Nimiaghat stations, divisional railway manager (Dhanbad division) Sudhir Kumar said.

Two people are feared dead, senior divisional commercial Manager Dayanand said. A CNN-IBN report said that a third body is also recovered from the spot. Relief train and ambulance are at the spot, he said.
When fire in Doon Express most of the people were sleeping that time this thing happen.

According to a railway ministry spokesperson in New Delhi, the fire broke out at 2.30am in B-1 AC coach and then it spread to B-2 AC coach near about 128 passengers in both coaches. Both the coaches have been detached from the train. Railway PRO Anil Saxena said

The cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained and an inquiry has been ordered by Commissioner Railway Safety (CRS), the spokesman said.

Railway has set up a help line for relatives of the passengers. The helpline numbers are 033-26413660, 033-26402243 and 032-62220518.