A major fire broke out on the Sasaram-Patna Fast Passenger train at Bihar’s Sasaram Junction on Monday morning, May 18, 2026, creating panic among passengers and raising fresh concerns over railway fire safety across India. The incident happened at around 6:00 AM while the train was standing at platform number 6 before its scheduled departure for Patna.
Railway officials confirmed that no casualties or injuries were reported. Affected passengers were evacuated safely after thick smoke and flames engulfed one of the coaches. The fire was later brought under control by railway staff, the Railway Protection Force (RPF), and local fire brigade teams.
The incident has quickly become one of the most discussed railway emergencies in Bihar because it came just one day after another serious train fire involving the Thiruvananthapuram-Hazrat Nizamuddin Rajdhani Express near Ratlam in Madhya Pradesh, and it has drawn comparisons to the recent Quetta train blast. Railway authorities are now facing pressure to explain whether deeper technical or maintenance failures are developing across the network.
