Train movement on Dhaka-Mymensingh route remained suspended for one and a half hours on Saturday after an engine of a train caught fire near Dhala Station in Trishal upazila of Mymensingh district.
Akter Hossain, officer-in-charge of Mymensingh railway police station, said the engine of the Dewanganj-bound Dewanganj Commuter train went out of order after it caught fire it around 10:30 am, when it just crossed the Dhala station, forcing the authorities to stop train movement.
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Panic gripped the passengers as smoke was billowing out of the engine.
However, the rail authorities managed to extinguish the fire after pouring water.