At least 8 people were killed and 20 injured in Tamil Nadu in the early hours of Saturday after a Fire broke out on a tourist train parked on the Bodi Line near Madurai railway station. News agency PTI shared a visual from the site on X (formerly known as Twitter). In the video, it could be seen that a significant portion of a coach of the train was charred. Fire tenders rushed to the spot and were seen trying to douse the flames.
According to news agency ANI, a Southern Railway official said that the fire broke out at Madurai yard at 5:15 AM on Saturday on the Punalur-Madurai Express. No damage was caused to any other coach. The official while elaborating on the cause of the fire said passengers probably smuggled a gas cylinder, which led to the fire.
