Tamil Nadu Express: 30 passengers charred to death in fire
MDT/PTI 30 July 2012

Fire broke in a coach of the Chennai-bound Tamil Nadu Express near Nellore in AP in the wee hours on Monday due to a short circuit killing 30 passengers  

 
Nellore: At least 30 passengers were charred to death and 25 others injured when a fire broke in a coach of the Chennai-bound Tamil Nadu Express near Nellore in the wee hours on Monday due to a short circuit, reports PTI.

Twenty-six passengers were rescued from the coach S 11 which was completely gutted, Nellore Collector Sridhar said.

As the train was passing through Nellore in the south Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, which is about 150 kms from Chennai, some people noticed the fire and informed railway authorities.

Two of the injured were in a serious condition, he said.

"The death toll in the affected coach will be around 30-35," he said.

The coach had around 70 seats.

"There was a short circuit near the toilet and the train was moving at a speed of 110 kms per hour. It was going to Chennai from Delhi. All the passengers were asleep when the fire broke out at 4:30 AM. People were not able to come out immediately," he said.

"The fire spread fast and the passengers could not come out through one of the doors because of the fire. So the other edge of the coach was to be used. Some people could come out and others succumbed to death," he said.

The bodies have been charred so it is difficult to identify them, Sridhar said.
 
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