Fire at a Sylhet-bound train
The train’s power car caught fire immediately after entering Brahmanbaria station at 8:38am
An inter-city Parabat Express train caught fire at Brahmanbaria Railway Station on Friday morning.
Assistant master of Brahmanbaria Railway Station Mainul Haque said, Sylhet-bound Parabat Express train left Kamalapur rail station at 6:20am. The train's power car caught fire immediately after entering Brahmanbaria station at 8:38am.
He also said, fire service officials arrived the spot and put the blaze under control after half an hour. No casualty was reported during the incident.
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The station master also said, the train left Brahmanbaria for Sylhet without power car with a delay of two hours and 10 minutes at 10.48 am. The power car will be taken to Akhaura Railway Junction or Dhaka for repair.
The Chittagong-bound inter-city Mahanagar Probhati Express from Dhaka was stuck for half an hour at Bhairab station due to the fire incident, he further said.
