Burning Train: Fire causes 3-hour delay

SHAHDADPUR: The engine of a passenger train, Khyber Express, caught fire while near the area on Tuesday. The train was coming from Peshawar when its locomotive caught fire. The engine driver applied the emergency brakes and the fire was extinguished without any human loss. However, several parts of the train were partially burnt. The officials provided an alternate locomotive to the train and it embarked on its remaining journey after a delay of three hours.

Published in The Express Tribune, June 1^st, 2011.