Tuesday 24 January 2017

Six children hurt in fire at Mumbai's Masjid station, trains hit

MUMBAI: Services on Central Railway (CR) were affected during the evening rush hour after hutments next to the tracks at Masjid Bunder station caught fire.

Six children were hurt in the fire and were taken to JJ Hospital. "The fire broke suddenly and people started running helter skelter. I rushed out of my dwelling and found that my sons, Ramzan, Salman and Rehman, had severe burns and were put in an ambulance," Reziya Khan, a resident of the shanties told TOI.

"There was a possibility of the fire spreading on the tracks, which is why services from platforms 7 and 8 were halted temporarily from 6.13pm to 7pm. The power supply to the overhead wires was also switched off," said a CR official.

"We run trains on the slow tracks and from the other platforms at CST. Some fast trains were operated on the slow track up to Byculla before being diverted on the fast track," he stated. The fast train services resumed after 7.25pm.

Train services were delayed by 20-25 minutes and passengers returning home during the evening rush hour were inconvenienced. Sixteen services had to be cancelled. Chief fire officer P S Rahangdale said that they received a call around 6pm informing them about the fire. "Twelve fire engines and six water tankers were rushed to the spot. Since the area is congested, the railway line was affected. By 6.22pm the fire spread, however, we managed to confine it to only 15-20 hutments," said Rahangdale.

source:-Timesofindia

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