Major fire engulf ticket counter at Amritsar Railway station; no causalities reported

Sub fire officer, Sarfraz, informed that the fire incident could have occurred due to electric short-circuit in the railway station.

Massive fire broke out at a ticket counter at Amritsar Railway station on Thursday morning.

Five fire tenders was rushed to the busy station to douse the flames. Though the flames completely engulfed the ticket counter no causalities were reported.

Sub fire officer, Sarfraz, informed that the fire incident could have occurred due to electric short-circuit in the railway station.

The Amritsar Junction station remains busy throughout the year, due to round the year tourist influx. Amritsar is amongst the top hundred booking stations of Indian Railway.

Jalandhar: 39 injured as Beas dera bus collides with truck

As many as 39 people were injured as the bus they were travelling in collided with a truck on the Jalandhar-Amritsar highway here on Friday morning.

The injured were headed to Radha Soami Dera at Beas in a bus belonging to the dera.

The injured were rushed to Punjab Institute of Medical Sciences. Of these, 28 were discharged after giving them first aid while the remaining are undergoing treatment.

The truck driver fled the spot while police impounded the truck. No FIR was registered as the bus passengers did not file a complaint.

Jalandhar Congress MP Santokh Singh Chaudhary and Chief Parliamentary Secretary Pawan Kumar Tinu visited the injured at the hospital.

According to the passengers, the incident took place at 7.15 when the truck moving ahead of the bus took a sudden turn following which the bus driver lost control and rammed into the truck.