Most Indian trains DON'T have fire alarms
January 08, 2014  09:22
Despite repeated fire incidents in trains, railways is yet to install an automatic fire alarm system in a majority of long-distance services.      

On December 28, 2013, 26 passengers were charred to death in an AC coach in the Bangalore-Nanded Express. 

Earlier, a fire in the Tamil Nadu Express had claimed 32 lives.       

Seven perople 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.     

Three coaches of the Mumbai-Delhi Rajdhani Express had caught fire near Ratlam in Madhya Pradesh on April 18, 2011.
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