Passengers of the New Delhi-Bhubaneswar Rajdhani Express were panicked as smokes emerged in the power car of the train at the Khantapara railway station here on Saturday afternoon. However, no passenger coaches were affected.
Following the incident, the train halted at the Khantapara station for about two hours. The train service resumed only after the affected coach was detached from it. An expert team from the Kharagpur railway division visited the station. An official of the East Coast Railway said three fire extinguishing engines reached the spot and doused the flames. Overhead electric wires were immediately switched off for safety reason and the generator car was also disconnected from the rest of the train. The train left for Bhubaneswar at around 3 pm.
According to reports, the smoke was detected in the unit of power car that supplied power to the coaches.