Oil tankers catch fire near Kishanganj

A freight train carrying oil tankers caught fire at Chana Mana Bridge near Kishanganj under Katihar division of the North East Frontier Railway on September 28, 2011. One person was reportedly killed in the inferno. The tankers were carrying high speed diesel and petrol worth about Rs 10 crores. The freight train with 49 bogies of oil tankers was on its way to Tata Nagar from Rangapani (Assan).

Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui