A 70-year-old man was charred to death while several other passengers managed to escape after a fire broke out in two air-conditioned coaches of the Tata Nagar–Ernakulam Express (Train No. 18189) at Duvvada in Andhra Pradesh’s Anakapalli district in the early hours of Monday, police said.
According to preliminary information, the train, which was travelling from Tatanagar to Ernakulam via Visakhapatnam district, caught fire at around 1.30 am after crossing Duvvada.
Flames were reported in the B1 and M2 air-conditioned coaches, which were positioned next to the pantry car.
A railway police official stated that the incident was first reported by the loco pilots near a railway point close to Yelamanchili, after which the train was immediately brought to a halt at the station.