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Fire Breaks Out In Amritsar-Saharsa Garib Rath Express In Punjab
A fire broke out in a coach of the Amritsar-Saharsa Garib Rath Express near Sirhind railway station here on Saturday morning, officials said.
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Fire Rumour By Tea-Seller Led To Jalgaon Train Tragedy: NCP's Ajit Pawar
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Thursday said the Jalgaon train accident was the result of a "sheer rumour" about fire by a tea-seller inside the Pushpak Express, which led to panic and some passengers jumping off.
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"Everyone Began Jumping On Tracks": Passenger Recalls Horror After Fire Rumour
A rumour of "aag lag gayi, aag lag gayi (There's a fire, there's a fire)," triggered the outbreak of mass panic among train passengers and everyone started running, jumping off the train, said a witness to the train tragedy in Maharashtra.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Fire Breaks Out In Amritsar-Saharsa Garib Rath Express In Punjab
A fire broke out in a coach of the Amritsar-Saharsa Garib Rath Express near Sirhind railway station here on Saturday morning, officials said.
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Fire Rumour By Tea-Seller Led To Jalgaon Train Tragedy: NCP's Ajit Pawar
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Thursday said the Jalgaon train accident was the result of a "sheer rumour" about fire by a tea-seller inside the Pushpak Express, which led to panic and some passengers jumping off.
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"Everyone Began Jumping On Tracks": Passenger Recalls Horror After Fire Rumour
A rumour of "aag lag gayi, aag lag gayi (There's a fire, there's a fire)," triggered the outbreak of mass panic among train passengers and everyone started running, jumping off the train, said a witness to the train tragedy in Maharashtra.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
