4 days ago
Fire Breaks Out During Railway Coach Dismantling In Vizag
A fire started at a railway yard in Visakhapatnam.
It happened while workers were taking apart an old railway coach.
The coach was no longer being used and had been sold to a private agency.
The workers were using gas-cutting equipment.
Sparks from the equipment started the fire.
Fire tenders quickly came to the yard.
They controlled the blaze.
No other details about injuries or damage were provided.
A fire broke out Friday at the railway coach yard in Marripalem, Visakhapatnam.
Workers were dismantling a condemned railway coach at the time of the incident.
The coach had been sold to a private agency, according to a railway official.
Gas-cutting equipment produced sparks that triggered the fire.
Fire tenders arrived and brought the blaze under control.
- Who
- Workers dismantling a condemned railway coach, with fire tenders responding to the blaze.
- What
- A fire broke out while the coach was being dismantled using gas-cutting equipment.
- Where
- The railway coach yard in Marripalem, Visakhapatnam.
- When
- Friday.
- Why
- Sparks from gas-cutting equipment triggered the fire.
Key facts
- Location
- Railway coach yard, Marripalem, Visakhapatnam
- Incident
- Fire during dismantling of a condemned railway coach
- Equipment involved
- Gas-cutting equipment
- Cause
- Sparks triggered the fire
- Coach ownership
- The coach had been sold to a private agency
- Response
- Fire tenders brought the blaze under control
Sources
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