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Fire alarm system yet to be installed in most trains
December 28, 2013
Despite repeated fire incidents in trains, the Indian Railway is yet to install an automatic fire alarm system in a majority of long-distance services.
26 passengers were charred to death in an AC coach in the Bangalore-Nanded Express today.
Earlier, a fire in the Tamil Nadu Express had claimed 32 lives.
Seven people were burnt to death in November, 2011 when a coach of the Howrah-Dehradun Express train caught fire.
Later, the fire spread to another coach and both the coaches were badly burnt.