Delhi Metro Rake Catches Fire at Patel Nagar Station
Passengers were evacuated after smoke was detected on top of the coach.
A Delhi metro train was evacuated at the Patel Nagar station on Thursday after a thick plume of smoke was seen billowing out of its last coach around 4 pm.
The affected train was immediately withdrawn from service, a metro official said. Services on Blue Line were hit briefly as the incident occurred minutes ahead of the peak hour.
Although smoke could be seen near the A/C vents and pantograph of the train in a few videos taken by passengers present on the spot, the actual reason could not be immediately ascertained, the official said.
"An incidence of smoke emanating from the top of a train coach was reported today at 4 PM on Line-3/4 (Dwarka Sector-21 to Noida City Centre/Vaishali).
"The smoke was reported in the last coach of train (coach six) by passengers at Patel Nagar station. As a precaution, the coach was evacuated in the next station. The train was thereafter withdrawn from the service and sent for investigation," a DMRC spokesperson said.
(With inputs from PTI)
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