Fire breaks out at Ghutiari Sharif railway station, no report of any injury
Kolkata (PTI): A major fire broke out in a shop at Ghutiari Sharif railway station in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district on Sunday, fire brigade sources said.
There was no report of any injury in the fire which first broke out at a shop on platform number one at 10:30 am and quickly spread to other stalls on the platform, the sources said.
Passengers, waiting for trains at the platform scampered for safety as railway police and fire brigade personnel managed to put off the blaze.
Two fire tenders managed to put off the blaze but train services in the Sealdah-South section were disrupted for some time for passenger safety.
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Nine killed, 25 injured as state transport bus overturns in Maharashtra's Gondia district
Gondia (PTI): At least nine passengers were killed and 25 others injured when a Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) bus overturned in Gondia district on Friday afternoon, police said.
Citing preliminary information, a senior police official said the MSRTC bus 'Shiv Shahi' was carrying 36 passengers and heading to Gondia district from Bhandara when it flipped over at Davva village under Sadakarjuni taluka while trying to overtake another vehicle.
Nine passengers were killed and 25 others injured in the accident which took place at around 12.30 pm, he said.
The injured passengers were shifted to hospital, the official added.
