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Fire in Dibrugarh-Delhi Rajdhani Express pantry car,no casualties reported

At around 4.30 am,a fire broke out in the kitchen and engulfed the train.

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A major fire broke out in the New Delhi-bound Rajdhani Express near Daramtul Railway Station in Morigaon district of Assam early on Tuesday morning.

No casualty has been reported so far.

At around 4.30 am,a fire broke out in the kitchen and engulfed the train. The train was then halted at Dharamtul Station.

Trains on the Guwahati and Lumding railway track were stopped for 3 hours,police and Railway sources said.

Fire tenders fought for two hours to douse the flame,the sources said.

The railway track was cleared at 8 am after the fire was completely doused but the train was still in the station,they said.

Senior railway officials have rushed to the spot.

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