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Video: Passengers help railway staff save train as fire blazes through engine and first two coaches

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A fire broke out in the engine and two coaches of the Saharanpur-Delhi passenger train on today during its halt at the Daurala station near Meerut in Uttar Pradesh.</p>
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<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WATCH?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WATCH</a> | Uttar Pradesh: Fire broke out in engine & two compartments of a Saharanpur-Delhi train, at Daurala railway station near Meerut.<br />
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Passengers push the train in a bid to separate the rest of the compartments from the engine and two compartments on which the fire broke out. <a href="https://t.co/Vp2sCcLFsd">pic.twitter.com/Vp2sCcLFsd</a></p>
— ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) <a href="https://twitter.com/ANINewsUP/status/1499986416969089028?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 5, 2022</a></blockquote>
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In a video shared by news agency ANI on Twitter, passengers along with railway staff are seen pushing the train to save the remaining coaches from massive fire which was blazing in the engine and two adjoining compartments.</p>

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