Visakhapatnam, Dec 29 || A passenger was killed, and more than 150 had a narrow escape after two AC compartments of the Tatanagar-Ernakulam Junction Super-Fast Express caught fire near Visakhapatnam in the wee hours of Monday, police said.
The fire broke out in the train at Yelamanchili in Anakapalli district, about 66 km from Visakhapatnam.
Upon noticing the fire in the running train, a passenger pulled the chain to stop it at Yelamanchili Railway Station and alerted the railway staff, who in turn alerted the fire department.
Four fire engines rushed to the spot and battled the fire for two hours.
The fire services personnel prevented the fire from spreading to adjoining compartments and a goods train on the parallel track.
Both compartments were gutted in the fire. Passengers lost all their luggage.
Anakapalli district Superintendent of Police Tuhin Sinha told reporters that they received information about the fire at 12:40 a.m.