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It was a harrowing experience for Chennai-bound Tamil Nadu Express passengers as they saw people burning inside the ill-fated coach.Chitra, a passenger from Delhi, heard screams for help as her bogie was engulfed in fire as the train just left Nellore station in the wee hours."It was smoke all around and I jumped out of the train," she said recounting the early morning horror even as many of her fellow passengers were fast asleep.Sahaj Ahmed, a native of Jammu and Kashmir, who had boarded the train at Bhopal said he ran for safety as soon as he realised the disaster was waiting to happen."It was smoke and panic all around. It was pitch dark, I ran for my life," he said, expressing apprehensions that he could have run over dead bodies.