Mumbai, Oct. 25 -- A power bank explosion inside a passenger's bag triggered a fire in the ladies' compartment of a Mumbai suburban local train , causing panic among commuters and forcing the train to halt briefly at Mumbai's Ghatkopar station, officials confirmed here on Sunday.
The incident occurred on Saturday evening in local train No. DBL-2, shortly before it reached Ghatkopar. The power bank, reportedly kept inside a passenger's bag, exploded, setting the bag on fire.
Passengers reacted swiftly and pulled the Alarm Chain Pulling (ACP) mechanism to alert railway authorities. Some commuters threw the burning bag out of the compartment and extinguished the flames with water, preventing the fire from spreading to other parts of the coac...