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Freight train ferrying oil catches fire in Tamil Nadu, train services hit
Millennium Post Kolkata
|Kolkata14July2025
A moving goods train carrying diesel caught fire on Sunday at Tiruvallur in northern Tamil Nadu severely affecting train services on the arterial Chennai-Arakkonam rail route, which also links Chennai with Karnataka, Kerala and Andhra Pradesh, officials said.
CHENNAI:
No casualties were reported. Passengers were, however, stranded in several places and state transport corporation operated special buses to cater to the needs of the travelling public. The fire was doused after a nearly 10-hour battle.
AIADMK chief, leader of opposition, Edappadi K Palaniswami demanded railway authorities to conduct a high-level probe to ascertain the cause of the fire.
This story is from the Kolkata14July2025 edition of Millennium Post Kolkata.
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