On Saturday night, a fire broke out in the wheel of an AC coach of the Rewanchal Express train, which was travelling from Rewa to Rani Kamlapati. The incident occurred near Bandakpur station, before Damoh, around 12:30 am. Passengers panicked and many got off the train. The train's crew used fire...
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extinguishers to put out the fire, and a technical team from Damoh arrived on site. After removing the affected AC coach (B-5), the train departed for Rani Kamlapati after a four-hour delay. Railway officials confirmed that passengers from the B-5 coach were shifted to other AC coaches, and a replacement AC coach was brought in from Bina. This incident adds to a string of recent accidents involving trains in the PNR zone, including the Vidhyanchal Express, Amarakantik-Bhopal Express, and Bhopal-Jodhpur Express. The cause of the fire was identified as a 'hot axle' issue, which led to brake binding and smoke generation.