THE MOST COMMON SOURCES OF FIRE ON TRAIN ARE:
  • Electrical equipment and cabling.
  • Inflammable goods carried in coaches illegally.
  • Coal fires carried by unauthorized vendors.
  • Cooking gas in pantry cars.
  • Throwing lighted cigarette/bidet/matchsticks.
  • Lighting stoves etc inside the coach.
  • Spilling of alcoholic drinks inside the coach.
  • Generator in power cars.
  • Locomotives fire.