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.