Fire accident in Tamil Nadu express on ill fated Monday morning that claimed nearly 30+ lives and left several injured, was worse of its kind recall sources on Tuesday. Chennai bound Tamil Nadu express from Delhi was involved in a fire accident at around 4.30 am, on Monday, while crossing Nellore Station (Andhra Pradesh). An alert Station Master sent the emergency message and halted the train. Coach S -11 had caught fire and nearly 30 are feared dead while the most in the compartment are critically injured. Fire started due to a short circuit near a toilet of the coach, say sources.
The dead bodies of many victims who had been charred beyond recognition are shifted to the Nellore Government hospital, say authorities. S-11 had 72 occupants, of them 17 people were from Delhi, 11 from Bhopal, 28 from Vijayawada, 7 from Warangal, 6 from Jhansi, three from Agra and one from Nagpur.
For the benefit of the kin of the passengers traveled by the ill fated S-11 coach, the authorities have released a list of persons being treated and their whereabouts at Nellore Town in Andhra Pardesh, just 2 hours from Chennai by train. Wishesh provides this list for reader utility.
The railways put out a list of the injured passengers:
At Jai Bharat Hospital: S.Prakash Singh, Shoba Singh, Uday Bhaskar, G.Ramachandra Srinivas, Kumud Kumar Bansal, Prasanna Bansal, Sujanmal Sharada Parakah and Sujanmal.
At Bollineni Hospital: S.Madan Lal, Uttam Kumar, Anusha, Tirupattiamma, Sampath Kumar.
At Government Hospital: K.K.Sunil Kumar, Amarpreet Singh, Venkata Koteswara Rao, Raghavan, Sandeep Agnihotri, S.S. Verma, Veena and one-year-old baby Arshita (from New Delhi to Chennai), Hussain, Rekha, Sukhdeep Singh, Sambasiva Rao.
At People's Polyclinic: Krushi and C.Vijayakumar.
(With inputs from internet-AW AarKay)
