8 Madhya Pradesh junior archers escape the burning train
By IANS| Updated: 14th March 2021 4:25 am IST
By Navneet Singh
New Delhi, March 13 : Eight junior Madhya Pradesh recurve archers, who were travelling to Dehradun for the Junior National Championships, had a narrow escape on Saturday afternoon when their coach of the Delhi-Dehradun Shatabdi Express train caught fire near Haridwar and burned all their equipment and luggage.
However, none of the archers, coming from Jabalpur, sustained burn injuries. They finally reached Dehradun by the same train after the burned coach was detached. They bought new clothes in Dehradun, but will now have to make some arrangement to get equipment for the competition.
Narrow escape for eight MP archers as Delhi-Dehradun Shatabdi Express catches fire
Madhya Pradesh coach Ashok Yadav, accompanying the team, said that the coach No. C-5 caught fire due to short circuit. Eight junior Madhya Pradesh archers, who had a narrow escape in the burning Delhi-Dehradun Shatabdi Express train on Saturday, in a Dehradun market buying clothes on Saturday evening.
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Updated: Mar 14, 2021, 08:36 AM IST
Eight junior Madhya Pradesh recurve archers, who were travelling to Dehradun for the Junior National Championships, had a narrow escape on Saturday afternoon when their coach of the Delhi-Dehradun Shatabdi Express train caught fire near Haridwar and burned all their equipment and luggage.
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