A massive fire broke out in a moving train, chaos broke out in the Garib Rath Express, watch the viral video of the incident here.

A fire broke out in the Garib Rath Express train from Amritsar in Punjab to Saharsa in Bihar on Saturday morning, causing panic among the passengers. According to reports, a coach of 12204 Amritsar-Saharsa Garib Rath Express caught fire at Sirhind railway station in Punjab. This incident happened at 07:30 in the morning. It is said that two to three AC coaches of the train were affected. There is news of a woman who burned in the fire. Fire broke out in Garib Rath Express going from Amritsar to Saharsa… 3 coaches damaged… The incident happened when the train was half a KM away from Sirhind railway station towards Ambala… Passengers were evacuated safely… #PunjabNews #Gareebrathexpress #TrainFire@JagranNews pic.COtwitter.com/ (@editor_amit) 18 October 2025 Railways gave this information. Railways said that 12204 Amritsar-Saharsa Garib Rath caught fire while passing through Bathinda station. With immediate action, the train was stopped and the fire was extinguished. One passenger suffered minor injuries and is being treated in hospital. There is no news of any casualties. Orders have been given to investigate the incident. Many passengers injured According to preliminary information, the fire broke out due to short circuit in coach number 19. Many businessmen from Ludhiana were traveling in the train. The loco pilot stopped the train by applying emergency brakes. The passengers immediately disembarked with their luggage. In this chaos, many passengers were injured while disembarking. Railway and police teams immediately reached the spot. The fire was brought under control within an hour. No casualty was reported, the Ministry of Railways said as soon as information about the incident was received, railway officials immediately took action and shifted the passengers to other coaches and the fire was immediately extinguished. Officials say that the train will soon leave for its destination. People present at the place say that many people were injured in this incident which happened while they were running. The fire was brought under control. The Ministry of Railways confirmed the fire in the train. The ministry said that a coach of train number 12204 Amritsar-Saharsa caught fire at Sirhind station on Saturday morning. No casualties were reported. The fire is extinguished. The movement of many trains was also disrupted due to the fire. Train operations resumed after about an hour. The cause of the fire is currently being investigated. Share this story Tags