A fire broke out at the OFC cable hut at Ruthiyai Railway Station in Guna district on Saturday night at around 8 PM, causing panic at the station. While railway staff initially tried to control the fire using fire extinguishers, the flames intensified, forcing them to abandon the attempt. The...
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fire department was subsequently called and it took approximately half an hour to extinguish the fire. Several videos and photos of the incident were shared online. The cause of the fire is suspected to be a short circuit, but a railway investigation is underway. The OFC hut, which houses automatic telephone lines, is located adjacent to the station building. Although the fire did not affect train operations, it led to the temporary closure of the ticket window at Ruthiyai Station, with tickets being issued manually. Two trains - the Surat-Subedarganj and Kota-Bina MEMU trains - had passed through Ruthiyai just before the fire. The Surat-Muzaffarpur train was delayed and was near Bina Ganj at the time of the fire.