India, May 17 -- A major fire broke out in the Thiruvananthapuram-Hazrat Nizamuddin Rajdhani Express near Ratlam district in Madhya Pradesh early Sunday morning, prompting an immediate emergency response. Railway officials confirmed that all passengers were evacuated safely and no injuries or casualties were reported.

The incident occurred around 5:15 am in the B-1 coach and an adjoining Seating-cum-Luggage Rake (SLR) coach of Train No. 12431 between Luni Richha and Vikramgarh Alot stations under the West Central Railway's Kota Division. Around 68 passengers were present in the affected coach when the fire was noticed.

The train guard first detected smoke and flames coming from the compartment and immediately informed the loco pilot, wh...