A fire broke out at the engine compartment of ‘Chattala Express’ train at Lalmai Railway Station on Friday evening.
The reason behind the fire was heat of the engine, said Kamrul Islam, station master of Lalmai Railway Station.
Several passengers were injured as they tried to get down quickly. On information, a fire fighting team from Barura upazila came to the spot and doused the fire that broke out around 6:45pm.
The incident did not disrupt train services, the station master added.