New Delhi: Accidental igniting of crackers on board the Tamil Nadu Express caused the fire that claimed 32 lives and injured 28 people in July this year, said official sources on Thursday.
"The fire was caused due to accidental igniting of crackers being carried in the S-11 coach of the train," said the preliminary inquiry report submitted by Commissioner Railway Safety (South Central Circle) Dinesh Kumar Singh to the railway ministry.
The report has absolved the railway staff in the fire incident which occurred in the early hours July 30 in New Delhi-Chennai Tamil Nadu Express at Nellore in Andhra Pradesh.
"The unusual occurrence falls under the category of failure of persons other than railway staff," said the report....
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10:16 PM, Sep 13, 2012
New Delhi: Dont play with fire. This was the clear message to the Railway Ministry from the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Railways in the aftermath of the recent fire accident in Tamil Nadu Express that claimed 34 lives. Pointing out that passenger safety should be given utmost priority, the panel pulled up the Railway Ministry for the fire on the S11 coach of the train on July 31 and asked...
01:04 PM, Aug 07, 2012
Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh Forensic Science Laboratory (APFSL) experts have found traces of chemicals used in fire-crackers from the samples collected from the ill-fated Tamil Nadu Express which caught fire on Monday last, killing 34 passengers till date. The experts, however, are not forthcoming whether crackers caused the fire in coach S-11. An APFSL team visited the train and collected samples. Among other pieces of evidence, the forensic team is learnt...
10:41 AM, Aug 06, 2012
Hyderabad: The Andhra Pradesh Forensic Science Laboratory experts have found traces of chemicals used in fire-crackers from the samples collected from the ill-fated Tamil Nadu Express which caught fire on Monday last, killing 34 passengers till date. The experts are, however, are not forthcoming whether crackers caused the fire in coach S-11. An APFSL team visited the train and collected samples. Among other pieces of evidence, the forensic team is...
10:27 AM, Aug 06, 2012
Nellore: After an agonising wait for four days, the families of three persons, who perished in the fire on the Tamil Nadu Express, received the mortal remains of their loved ones at last on Thursday when the DNA tests confirmed the identification of the deceased. Since the tragic mishap occurred on Monday, the bodies of 24 of the 32 passengers who died have been identified and handed over to their...
12:36 PM, Aug 03, 2012
Nellore: Mystery continues to shroud the cause of fire in the ill-fated Tamil Nadu express that claimed 32 lives on Monday even as the investigators doubled their efforts to come to a conclusion on what could have started the fire in the S11 bogie. Though the AP Forensic Science Laboratories (APFSL) team ruled out the possibility of sabotage on Tuesday, they were unable to ascertain whether any inflammable material was...
01:03 PM, Aug 02, 2012
Nellore: The health condition of nine passengers, who suffered severe burns and lung injury due to smoke inhalation in the fire accident in Tamil Nadu Express on Monday, continued to remain critical, with the condition of two deteriorating fast. Officials are making arrangements for shifting all the victims to Chennai from Narayana General Hospital here for better treatment. According to hospital authorities, the nine patients are on ventilator support and...
10:57 AM, Aug 02, 2012
Chennai: If you had stayed at the Central Railway Station until the early hours of Tuesday, you might have thought that the country was still ruled by monarchs. The royal treatment that Union Railway Minister Mukul Roy received after he arrived from Nellore in a special luxury train here gave rise to this notion. Visitors to the station fumed at the insensitivity the elaborate drama portrayed just hours after the...
12:25 PM, Aug 01, 2012
32 passengers were killed after a coach of the Delhi-Chennai Tamil Nadu Express caught fire at Nellore in Andhra Pradesh. On Face the Nation, CNN-IBN Deputy Editor Sagarika Ghose asks a panel of experts - Are Railways becoming death traps? Here is the full transcript of the show: Sagarika Ghose: Hi there, yes there's been yet another tragic rail accident. 32 passengers were killed when a coach of the Delhi-Chennai...
11:46 AM, Jul 31, 2012
32 passengers were killed after a coach of the Delhi-Chennai Tamil Nadu Express caught fire at Nellore in Andhra Pradesh. ...
11:58 PM, Jul 30, 2012
Gagan Narang shoots bronze at the London Olympics. Tamil Nadu Express catches fire killing at least 32 people. ...
11:55 PM, Jul 30, 2012
Nellore: Thirty two passengers were killed after a coach of the Delhi-Chennai Tamil Nadu Express caught fire at around 4 am on Monday at Nellore in Andhra Pradesh. The cause of the fire in S-11 coach is not known yet, but Railway Minister Mukul Roy has hinted at sabotage. As many as 25 people have been injured in the fire with 12 of them sustaining burn injuries. A one-month-old baby...
10:18 PM, Jul 30, 2012
The cause of the fire in S-11 coach of the Delhi-Chennai Tamil Nadu express, in which 32 passengers were killed, is not known yet. ...
08:29 PM, Jul 30, 2012
New Delhi: The fire in Tamil Nadu Express was the fourth such incident since last year but there are no effective measures including installation of fire and smoke detection alarms in trains. The fire claimed 32 lives including six women and three children. Though the Railways launched a pilot project installing fire alarm system in Bhubaneswar Rajdhani two years ago, the system could not be replicated in other trains. However,...
08:10 PM, Jul 30, 2012
Nellore: A major fire engulfed one of the coaches of the Chennai-bound Tamil Nadu Express in Nellore, Andhra Pradesh on Monday morning. Thirty-two people died in the incident and 25 people were said to be injured. The 32 bodies have been recovered. Out of those, 19 are said to be of males, 6 of females, 3 of children and four are said to be unrecognisable, according to Sambasiva Rao, CPRO,...
03:10 PM, Jul 30, 2012
Hyderabad/Chennai: The ill-fated New Delhi-Chennai Tamil Nadu Express reached Chennai Central station, minus the gutted bogie in which 35 passengers were burnt alive early on Monday morning. The distraught passengers of the train were in a hurry to reach their homes and were reluctant to speak to the media persons. A passenger who arrived by the ill-fated train said: "I was in S-10 coach. We were asked by the officials...
01:50 PM, Jul 30, 2012
A major fire broke out in one of the bogies of New Delhi-Chennai Tamil Nadu Express near Nellore in Andhra Pradesh on Monday morning, killing 32 and injuring 25. ...
01:28 PM, Jul 30, 2012
New Delhi: Railway Minister Mukul Roy on Monday said that an inquiry had been ordered into the Tamil Nadu Express fire incident in Nellore, Andhra Pradesh, and that a comprehensive note was being prepared on the safety and security of trains, which would be submitted to the PM in the first week of August. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had earlier directed the Railway Minister to coordinate with the Andhra Pradesh...
12:56 PM, Jul 30, 2012
Nellore: A major fire engulfed one of the coaches of the Chennai-bound Tamil Nadu Express in Nellore, Andhra Pradesh on Monday morning. Thirty two people were said to have died in the incident and 25 people were said to be injured. The death toll is likely to rise further. The Chairman of the Railway Board and Railway Minister Mukul Roy are expected to reach the site shortly. An ex-gratia relief...
12:26 PM, Jul 30, 2012
New Delhi: Railway Minister Mukul Roy on Monday ordered an inquiry into the Tamil Nadu Express fire mishap and announced an ex-gratia payment of Rs five lakh each for the next of the kin of those killed in the incident that left nearly 30 people dead. He also announced a payment of Rs one lakh each for those who were grievously injured and Rs 25,000 for those who suffered simple...
11:55 AM, Jul 30, 2012
