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The party coach had 65 passengers on board and had arrived from Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh

An ex gratia of Rs 10 lakh will be given to the family of the deceased, said the Southern Railway.

Some survivors who spoke to the media said they were proceeding to Rameswaram

Ten persons killed, 20 injured in train fire mishap in Tamil Nadus Madurai. | Latest News India

At least 10 persons were reported dead in a fire that broke out inside a stationary train compartment in Madurai railway station in the wee hours of Saturday, the Southern Railway said, adding a gas cylinder illegally taken in led to the blaze.

Nine passengers travelling from Uttar Pradesh were killed and over 50 persons were injured after a fire broke out inside a stationary train compartment

As many as nine people were killed and over 20 got injured after fire broke out inside a stationary train compartment at the Madurai station in Tamil Nadu on Saturday. According to the Southern Railways, it was the gas cylinder ‘illegally’ taken inside the coach that lead the mishap

B Guganesan, Chief Public Relations Officer, Southern Railway in an official statement said

In moving scenes at the spot, women were seen wailing, possibly over the loss of a dear one, while a child recalled the tense moments before fleeing to safety.

Tamil Nadu train fire: Yogi Adityanath on Saturday expressed grief over the deaths in a fire that broke out inside a stationary train compartment at the Madurai