Unattended bag inside Delhi-bound Kurukshetra-Hazrat Nizamuddin passenger train coach catches fire

New Delhi (India): An unattended bag in a coach of a local passenger train caught fire on Monday, police said.

According to police, information regarding the fire in the coach of Kurukshetra-Hazrat Nizamuddin passenger train was received at 10.25 am.

A bag along with a red-coloured pouch and a small container was kept in the coach. The pouch containing around 2 kg nails caught fire, a senior police officer said.

The passengers threw the bag out of the train and the nails were collected by the staff at the Adarsh Nagar Railway Station, police said.

"The bag contained clothes, whereas the container contained a liquid used by carpenters. The bomb disposal squad was called to check the materials," Deputy Commissioner of Police (Railways) Harendra Kumar Singh said.

He later ruled out the possibility of a planned explosion.

The officer added that the bag may belong to a carpenter and friction in nails led to fumes in the clothes. (PTI)