LAHORE – Pakistan Railways Tezgam train fire incident inquiry report makesstunning revelations.
An inquiry into the Tezgam train fire incident has revealed that theincident occurred due to short-circuit in the electric wiring of the train,rejecting earlier reports of a cylinder blast.
According to the report, the fire was caused by short-circuit in the wiringof an electric kettle in the train’s illegal kitchen in bogie number 11 and12, which later spread to the entire bogies due to cylinder.
The report held responsible dining car manager and waiters for makingillegal kitchen in bogie no 11 and 12. Due to negligence, the deputydivisional superintendent, commercial officer, station house officer of therailway police, head constable, constable and reservation staff also heldresponsible.
“There was no electricity in the bogie 12 and an illegal connection wasgiven to it from adjoining bogie-11,” it said adding that as soon as theshort-circuit occurred, the entire bogie 12 was filled with smoke making itdifficult for the commuters to understand the situation.
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The people alleged in the report were already removed from their posts. Thesecretary Railways has approved the inquiry report.
Earlier, Federal Minister for Railways Sheikh Rasheed said that Tezgamtragedylinkdue to cylinder and stove blast.
