A major fire broke out in as many as 14 bogies of a coal-laden train at the Singapur Road station in Rayagada district on Thursday.
The train, which was en route to Titilagarh from Visakhapatnam, had left Rayagada station at 7 pm. When the train reached Singapur Road at 7.30 pm, the Station Master spotted the fire and asked the train driver D Namaste and Guard SS Behera to halt it. After the train stopped at platform no-3 of the Singapur Road station, railway staffs present there tried to douse the fire. Fire Services personnel from Rayagada and Kolanara also reached the spot soon after receiving the information. They managed to extinguish the blaze after a two-hour-long operation.