The derailment occurred in the rearmost two bogies, damaging the signal box in the process. Since the incident happened on a track parallel to the main track, other train services were unaffected.
The Nilambur Road-Shoranur Express Special Train derailed at Vallapuzha in Kerala's Palakkad on Wednesday evening after hitting a cattle. Kerala Train Derailment: Nilambur Road-Shoranur Express Special Train Derails at Palakkad’s Vallapuzha After Hitting Cattle, No Casualties Reported.
In the early hours of Thursday, a fire broke out in a coach of the Alappuzha-Kannur Executive Express train. The train was halted at the Kannur Railway station when the incident took place.
The fresh fire incident in the Alappuzha-Kannur Executive Express comes two months after a man named Sharukh Saifi was held from Ratnagiri Railway Station of Maharashtra for setting on fire a co-passenger on the same train.
A source in the medical college said the suspect, who was caught from Ratnagiri in Maharashtra on the Wednesday, was admitted there after his examination.