Station waiting-room fire on a crowded day
At about 7 pm on 25 October 2026 sparks from a switch set the AC waiting room at Hardoi railway station on fire, on the day of the PET exam when the station was full of candidates. Railway Protection Force and Government Railway Police staff cut the power and put it out with extinguishers, and nobody was reported hurt; we cover it in a case study.


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