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42 passengers who survived TN train fire reach Lucknow

Forty-two passengers who survived a train fire in Tamil Nadu reach Lucknow via Delhi and Chennai. The Lucknow district administration arranged for them to be sent home.

Lucknow | Forty-two passengers from Uttar Pradesh who survived the fire that broke out on a Rameswaram-bound train in Tamil Nadu reached Lucknow via Delhi and Chennai on Sunday and were sent home, officials said.

According to Relief Commissioner Naveen Kumar, 28 persons hailing from Lakhimpur Kheri, Sitapur, Hardoi, Ayodhya, Shahjahanpur and Lucknow districts were flown in via Delhi, while 14 people arrived from Chennai. The Lucknow district administration arranged for them to be sent home.

He said some of these passengers were also injured in the fire that broke out inside a compartment of the train at the Madurai railway station on August 26. Nine people were killed in the incident.

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