RailEnquiry

New Delhi : Coaches of two trains at Old Delhi Railway Station today caught fire under mysterious circumstances. No casualty was reported in the incident.Three coaches of the Faizabad Express and two coaches of the Satyagraha Express, parked in the yard of the station, caught fire one after another between 10.45 am and 12.25 pm.According to railway staff, the control room received information about a fire in the luggage van of the Faizabad Express parked in the yard around 10.45 am. It took 15 to 20 minutes to extinguish the fire. Soon after, around 12.10 pm, another fire was reported in two sleeper coaches of the Satyagaraha Express."While staff members and firemen tried to bring the fire under control, the rest of the coaches of the train were cut off and towed away to another track. It took 40 minutes to extinguish the fire," said YS Rajput, senior PRO, Railways, Delhi division.The sequence of events had raised several questions about the possible reasons behind the incident, said Rajput.While Railway officials refused to comment on the possible reason behind the fire, they have not ruled out foul play at this stage."We are not in a position to comment on the incident at this stage. The divisional railway manager has constituted a four-member committee to probe the incident. Things would get clear only after the committee submits its report by Wednesday evening," a railway official said.The four members of the committee are senior station manager of the Old Delhi station, divisional electrical engineer, assistant security commandant and chief depot officer.