Click to play videoGiridih: Seven people were killed when a fire broke out on the Howrah-Dehradun Doon Express early Tuesday morning in Jharkhand destroying two bogies of the train - B1 and B2.
A journey to see his family ended in tragedy for Vijay Thakur. Thakur's 5-year-old daughter lost her life in the fire that broke out on Doon Express early Tuesday. Vijay's last memories were of her laughing and playing before she went to bed. He's haunted by the fact that he was unable to rescue her in time.
"I have seen my daughter's dead body with my own eyes," said Vijay Thakur.
It was at 2 am that the fire broke out in the B1 AC coach of Doon Express. In panic, passengers rushed into the adjoining B2 coach, but the fire spread rapidly. Seven people died, with some of them charred beyond recognition, making identification even more difficult.
"The people were confused whether there was a fire or not. There was a lot of smoke and people were sleeping at that time," said a passenger.
A blast in a gas cylinder of one of the coaches is believed to have triggered the fire. Passengers say the damage could have been lessened had the railways and fire officials reacted faster.
"Time and again we asked the railway officials to disconnect coach B2 from B1. B1 was initially on fire, B2 could have been saved," said another passenger.
An inquiry has now been ordered, but with a spate of rail accidents like these in the past few months, how seriously really is the safety of passengers being taken by the Railways?
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